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Subsequent Event - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended			0 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014	Sep. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2014	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Sep. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2013	Mar. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Jan. 26, 2015
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Dividends declared	$ 0.38us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared	$ 0.38us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared	$ 0.38us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared	$ 0.38us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared	$ 0.36us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared	$ 0.36us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared	$ 0.36us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared	$ 0.36us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared	$ 1.52us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared	$ 1.44us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared	$ 1.24us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared
Subsequent Event | Dividend Declared
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
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Dividend payable date												Mar. 06, 2015
Dividend payable, stockholders of record date												Feb. 19, 2015
Dividend announcement date												Jan. 26, 2015

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher SEC

-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 04

-Article 3



Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 505

-SubTopic 10

-Section S99

-Paragraph 1

-Subparagraph (SX 210.3-04)

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 230

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 3

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