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Financial Instruments and Fair Value Measurement (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2023
Financial Instruments And Fair Value Measurement [Abstract] |
Summary of Effects of Foreign Currency Foreign Exchange Contracts on Result of Operations | The following table presents the effects of our foreign currency foreign exchange contracts on our results of operations for the three years ended December 31 (in thousands):
| Gain/(Loss) recognized in AOCI |  |
| December 31, |  |  | December 31, |  |  | December 31, |  |
| 2023 |  |  | 2022 |  |  | 2021 |  |
Net Investment Hedge relationships |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Foreign currency foreign exchange contracts | $ | (45,748 | ) |  | $ | 96,698 |  |  | $ | (7,272 | ) |
Summary of Assets and Liabilities Recorded at Fair Value on Recurring Basis | The following tables present the assets and liabilities recorded at fair value on a recurring basis:
| Balance at |  | Balance Sheet | Basis of Fair Value Measurement |
(in thousands) | December 31, 2023 |  | Location | Level 1 |  | Level 2 |  | Level 3 |
Assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Money market mutual funds | $ | 111,129 |  | Other noncurrent assets | $ | 111,129 |  |  |  |  |
Certificates of deposit |  | 2,300 |  | Other noncurrent assets |  |  |  | 2,300 |  |  |
Equity securities |  | 49,923 |  | Other noncurrent assets |  | 49,923 |  |  |  |  |
Deferred compensation assets |  | 43,060 |  | Other noncurrent assets |  | 43,060 |  |  |  |  |
| $ | 206,412 |  |  | $ | 204,112 |  | $ | 2,300 |  |  | - |
Liabilities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Foreign currency foreign exchange contracts | $ | 1,911 |  | Accrued liabilities other |  |  | $ | 1,911 |  |  |
Deferred compensation liability |  | 43,060 |  | Other noncurrent liabilities |  | 43,060 |  |  |  |  |
| $ | 44,971 |  |  | $ | 43,060 |  | $ | 1,911 |  |  | - |
| Balance at |  | Balance Sheet | Basis of Fair Value Measurement |
(in thousands) | December 31, 2022 |  | Location | Level 1 |  | Level 2 |  | Level 3 |
Assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Money market mutual funds | $ | 113,649 |  | Other noncurrent assets | $ | 113,649 |  |  |  |  |
Certificates of deposit |  | 2,200 |  | Other noncurrent assets |  |  |  | 2,200 |  |  |
Equity securities |  | 78,099 |  | Other noncurrent assets |  | 78,099 |  |  |  |  |
Deferred compensation assets |  | 38,032 |  | Other noncurrent assets |  | 38,032 |  |  |  |  |
Foreign currency foreign exchange contracts |  | 3,142 |  | Other current assets |  |  |  | 3,142 |  |  |
| $ | 235,122 |  |  | $ | 229,780 |  | $ | 5,342 |  |  | - |
Liabilities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Deferred compensation liability | $ | 38,032 |  | Other noncurrent liabilities | $ | 38,032 |  |  |  |  |
| $ | 38,032 |  |  | $ | 38,032 |  |  | - |  |  | - |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of assets and liabilities, including [financial] instruments measured at fair value that are classified in stockholders' equity, if any, that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis. The disclosures contemplated herein include the fair value measurements at the reporting date by the level within the fair value hierarchy in which the fair value measurements in their entirety fall, segregating fair value measurements using quoted prices in active markets for identical assets (Level 1), significant other observable inputs (Level 2), and significant unobservable inputs (Level 3). + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Topic 820 -SubTopic 10 -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (a) -Publisher FASB -URI https://asc.fasb.org//1943274/2147482106/820-10-50-2 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Topic 820 -SubTopic 10 -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (b) -Publisher FASB -URI https://asc.fasb.org//1943274/2147482106/820-10-50-2 + Details
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