Represents the number of lease renewal periods allowed under the operating lease.

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- Definition

The amount of tenant improvement allowance under the operating lease.

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- Definition

The number of adjacent facilities rented.

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- Definition

Represents the number of buildings leased.

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- Definition

Represents the number of properties leased.

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- Definition

Area of a real estate property.

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- Definition

Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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- Definition

Term of lessee's operating lease renewal, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 842
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-Subparagraph (a)(3)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=77888426&loc=SL77918673-209980

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- Definition

Term of lessor's operating lease renewal, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 842
-SubTopic 30
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-Subparagraph (a)(3)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=119202524&loc=SL77919359-209981

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Term of lessor's operating lease, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Leases - Leases Details (Details) $ in Millions		1 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
Leases - Leases Details (Details) $ in Millions	Nov. 14, 2018 ft² item	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($) item	Sep. 30, 2019 ft² item
Operating Leases
Optional lease extension term			10 years
Domestic Office Leases
Operating Leases
The number of adjacent facilities rented			2
Extended lease term		3 years
Number of lease renewal periods		1
Optional lease extension term		3 years
Area of leased space \| ft²			98,000
Domestic Office Leases \| Maximum
Operating Leases
Tenant improvement allowance \| $		$ 0.3
Foreign Subsidiaries Office Leases
Operating Leases
Area of leased space \| ft²			14,000
Aliso Facility
Operating Leases
Number of properties leased	1
Number of buildings leased	3
Number of lease renewal periods	2
Optional lease extension term	5 years
Area of leased space \| ft²	160,000
Term of lease	13 years