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Guarantees - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Guarantees [Abstract]
Expiration dates of guarantees	2020
Potential maximum exposure under these lease guarantees	$ 22.6us-gaap_GuaranteeObligationsMaximumExposure	$ 27.2us-gaap_GuaranteeObligationsMaximumExposure
Liability representing fair value for estimated defaults of guarantees, based on discounted cash-flow analysis	$ 0.3us-gaap_GuaranteesFairValueDisclosure	$ 0.3us-gaap_GuaranteesFairValueDisclosure

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- Definition

Guarantee expiration year.

+ References

No definition available.

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- Definition

Maximum potential amount of future payments (undiscounted) the guarantor could be required to make under the guarantee or each group of similar guarantees before reduction for potential recoveries under recourse or collateralization provisions.

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 460

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 4

-Subparagraph (b)(1)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6851643&loc=d3e12069-110248

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- Definition

Fair value portion of guarantee, including, but not limited to, financial standby letter of credit, fair value guarantee, guarantee of collection of scheduled contractual cash flows from financial assets, and contracts that contingently require the guarantor to make payments or perform services.

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 460

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 5

-Subparagraph (a)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6851643&loc=d3e12201-110248

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