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Financing and Other Debt - Additional Information (Detail)		3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	Apr. 28, 2015	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Revolving credit facility			$ 709,219,000	$ 901,564,000
Borrowed federal funds			0	0
Securitization facility			78,303,000	0
Unik [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Outstanding debt			$ 5,340,000	$ 7,975,000
Weighted average annual interest rate			14.10%	13.90%
2014 Credit Agreement [Member] \| Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Revolving credit facility			$ 243,594,000
Revolving credit facility, maximum borrowings			$ 700,000,000
2014 Credit Agreement [Member] \| Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) [Member] \| Interest Rate Option One [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Margin on variable rate			2.00%
2014 Credit Agreement [Member] \| Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| Prime Rate [Member] \| Interest Rate Option One [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Margin on variable rate			1.00%
2014 Credit Agreement [Member] \| Foreign Line of Credit [Member] \| Eurocurrency Rate [Member] \| Interest Rate Option Two [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Margin on variable rate			2.00%
2014 Credit Agreement [Member] \| Credit Facility Term Loans [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Revolving credit facility			$ 465,625,000	$ 486,250,000
Federal Funds Purchased [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Increase in federal funds lines of credit		$ 135,000,000
Borrowed federal funds, current borrowing capacity		$ 260,000,000	260,000,000	125,000,000
Loan Participations and Assignments [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, aggregate principal amount			45,000,000	$ 45,000,000
Loan Participations and Assignments [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Range of daily balance			0
Loan Participations and Assignments [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Range of daily balance			$ 45,000,000
Loan Participations and Assignments [Member] \| London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Margin on variable rate			2.25%
Securitization Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Term of securitization facility	1 year
Debt Instrument, Securitization Facility, Percentage of Receivables Used as Collateral	0.85
Interest rate			2.91%