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Debt - 2025 Notes (Details)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2018
Senior Notes | 2025 Notes | Prior to January 15, 2020
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Percentage of par	100.00%

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 942
-SubTopic 470
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-Subparagraph e
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