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Segment and Geographic Information - Geographic Information Regarding Revenues (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2018	Mar. 31, 2017
Revenues:
Total revenues	$ 956,646	$ 783,193
United States [Member]
Revenues:
Total revenues	572,254	461,686
United Kingdom [Member]
Revenues:
Total revenues	223,559	186,810
Asia [Member]
Revenues:
Total revenues	69,029	61,109
Other Europe/MEA [Member]
Revenues:
Total revenues	53,672	34,002
France [Member]
Revenues:
Total revenues	23,018	25,265
Other Americas [Member]
Revenues:
Total revenues	$ 15,114	$ 14,321

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Amount of revenue recognized from goods sold, services rendered, insurance premiums, or other activities that constitute an earning process. Includes, but is not limited to, investment and interest income before deduction of interest expense when recognized as a component of revenue, and sales and trading gain (loss).

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 225
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-03.1)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=63488584&loc=d3e20235-122688

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