Debt Instrument, Basis Spread Floor

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Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Credit Spread Adjustment

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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.19(b),22(b))
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=120391452&loc=d3e13212-122682

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Cash received on stock transaction after deduction of issuance costs.

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The number of shares issued or sold by the subsidiary or equity method investee per stock transaction.

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Per share amount received by subsidiary or equity investee for each share of common stock issued or sold in the stock transaction.

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Amount of stock repurchase plan authorized.

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Detail information of subsequent event by type. User is expected to use existing line items from elsewhere in the taxonomy as the primary line items for this disclosure, which is further associated with dimension and member elements pertaining to a subsequent event.

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SUBSEQUENT EVENTS (Details) $ / shares in Units, shares in Millions, $ in Millions		1 Months Ended	6 Months Ended	12 Months Ended	18 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($)	Jan. 31, 2023 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Jun. 28, 2021	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($) shares	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($)	Feb. 07, 2023 USD ($)
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Number of Shares Issued (in shares) \| shares				50.2
Net Proceeds				$ 1,001.3
Authorized amount of stock repurchase program	$ 500.0			500.0	$ 500.0
Subsequent Event
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Number of Shares Issued (in shares) \| shares		12.1
Average Offering Price Per Share (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares		$ 18.53
Net Proceeds		$ 223.4
Authorized amount of stock repurchase program						$ 500.0
BNP Funding Facility \| Line of Credit
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity of line of credit	$ 300.0			$ 300.0	$ 300.0
BNP Funding Facility \| Line of Credit \| London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR)
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Interest rate floor			0.0045		0.0000
Interest rate spread	1.80%
BNP Funding Facility \| Line of Credit \| Base Rate, During Reinvestment Period
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Interest rate floor			0.0275
Interest rate spread					1.80%
BNP Funding Facility \| Line of Credit \| Base Rate, After Reinvestment Period
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Interest rate floor			0.0325
Interest rate spread					2.30%
BNP Funding Facility \| Line of Credit \| Subsequent Event
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity of line of credit		$ 500.0
BNP Funding Facility \| Line of Credit \| Subsequent Event \| Base Rate, During Reinvestment Period
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Interest rate spread		2.30%
BNP Funding Facility \| Line of Credit \| Subsequent Event \| Base Rate, After Reinvestment Period
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Interest rate spread		2.80%
BNP Funding Facility \| Line of Credit \| Subsequent Event \| Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR)
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Interest rate floor		0.0000
Credit spread adjustment		0.10%