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Debt Guaranteed by the Company | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2018
Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc. [Member] |
Debt Guaranteed by the Company | Debt Guaranteed by the Company All of the Company's debt is held by the Operating Partnership and its consolidated subsidiaries. The Company guarantees the Operating Partnership's obligations with respect to its unsecured lines of credit which have a total borrowing capacity of $600.0 million. The Company also guarantees the Operating Partnership's unsecured term loan. The Operating Partnership had the following principal amounts outstanding on the debt guaranteed by the Company (in thousands):
|  | As of
|  | September 30, 2018 |  | December 31, 2017
Unsecured lines of credit |  | $ | 203,100 |  |  | $ | 208,100 |
Unsecured term loan |  | $ | 325,000 |  |  | $ | 325,000 |

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- Definition The entire disclosure for information about short-term and long-term debt arrangements, which includes amounts of borrowings under each line of credit, note payable, commercial paper issue, bonds indenture, debenture issue, own-share lending arrangements and any other contractual agreement to repay funds, and about the underlying arrangements, rationale for a classification as long-term, including repayment terms, interest rates, collateral provided, restrictions on use of assets and activities, whether or not in compliance with debt covenants, and other matters important to users of the financial statements, such as the effects of refinancing and noncompliance with debt covenants. + References Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 470 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2208564 + Details
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