Date the equity-based payment instruments, excluding stock (or unit) options vest, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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- Definition

Represents the expense recognized during the period arising from equity-based compensation arrangements (for example, shares of stock, unit, stock options or other equity instruments) with employees, directors and certain consultants qualifying for treatment as employees.

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The number of equity-based payment instruments, excluding stock (or unit) options, that vested during the reporting period.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 718
-SubTopic 10
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-Paragraph 2
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- Definition

Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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- Definition

For net-share settlement of share-based awards when the employer settles employees' income tax withholding obligations, this element represents the number of shares the employees use to repay the employer.

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Stockholders' Equity and Stock-Based Compensation - Summary of Market-based Restricted Stock Vesting Activity (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Compensation Cost [Line Items]
Compensation Cost Recognized Upon Vesting (in millions)	$ 38,513	$ 22,546	$ 3,010
Market-based Restricted Stock [Member] \| Market-based Vesting Conditions [Member] \| Vest Date May 13, 2017 [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Compensation Cost [Line Items]
Date Vested	May 13, 2017
Number of Shares Vested	229,075
Compensation Cost Recognized Upon Vesting (in millions)	$ 2,900
Shares withheld to satisfy tax withholding obligations	91,274
Market-based Restricted Stock [Member] \| Market-based Vesting Conditions [Member] \| Vest Date June 20, 2017 [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Compensation Cost [Line Items]
Date Vested	Jun. 20, 2017
Number of Shares Vested	248,250
Compensation Cost Recognized Upon Vesting (in millions)	$ 5,200
Shares withheld to satisfy tax withholding obligations	103,907
Market-based Restricted Stock [Member] \| Market-based Vesting Conditions [Member] \| Vest Date August 25, 2017 [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Compensation Cost [Line Items]
Date Vested	Aug. 25, 2017
Number of Shares Vested	153,764
Compensation Cost Recognized Upon Vesting (in millions)	$ 5,500
Shares withheld to satisfy tax withholding obligations	65,309
Market-based Restricted Stock [Member] \| Market-based Vesting Conditions [Member] \| Vest Date September 7, 2017 [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Compensation Cost [Line Items]
Date Vested	Sep. 07, 2017
Number of Shares Vested	244,850
Compensation Cost Recognized Upon Vesting (in millions)	$ 4,200
Shares withheld to satisfy tax withholding obligations	102,548
Market-based Restricted Stock [Member] \| Market-based Vesting Conditions [Member] \| Vest Date October 13, 2017 [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Compensation Cost [Line Items]
Date Vested	Oct. 13, 2017
Number of Shares Vested	138,490
Compensation Cost Recognized Upon Vesting (in millions)	$ 4,300
Shares withheld to satisfy tax withholding obligations	57,916