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DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS AND HEDGING ACTIVITIES - Summary of Interest Rate Swaps (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Pay fixed/receive floating :
Derivative Notional Amount	[1]	$ 208,020	$ 216,020
[1] (1) Notional amounts are presented on a gross basis with no netting of offsetting exposure positions.

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Companys Derivative Instruments Of Interest Rate Swap [Abstract]

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Aggregate notional amount specified by the derivative(s). Expressed as an absolute value.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher SEC
-Name Regulation S-X (SX)
-Number 210
-Article 12
-Section 13
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