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Segments and Geographical Information - Long-Lived Assets by Geographic Area (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Long-Lived Assets	[1]	$ 521,329	$ 348,793
United States
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Long-Lived Assets	[1]	139,239	128,171
Costa Rica
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Long-Lived Assets	[1]	80,218	30,738
Mexico
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Long-Lived Assets	[1]	33,240	25,090
China
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Long-Lived Assets	[1]	36,249	5,480
the Netherlands
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Long-Lived Assets	[1]	206,679	143,673
Other international
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Long-Lived Assets	[1]	$ 25,704	$ 15,641
[1] Long-lived assets are attributed to countries based on entity that owns the assets.

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- Definition

Long-lived assets other than financial instruments, long-term customer relationships of a financial institution, mortgage and other servicing rights, deferred policy acquisition costs, and deferred tax assets.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 280
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 41
-Subparagraph (b)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=115929826&loc=d3e9038-108599

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