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Dividends (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
Equity [Abstract] |
Schedule of Dividends Payable | During the year ended December 31, 2020, the Company paid regular quarterly cash dividends totaling approximately $60.7 million as follows:
| Quarter Ended
| December 31, 2020 |  | September 30, 2020 |  | June 30, 2020 |  | March 31, 2020
| (amounts in thousands, except per share data)
Cash dividend per common share | $ | 0.20500 |  |  | $ | 0.20375 |  |  | $ | 0.20250 |  |  | $ | 0.20125 |
Total cash dividends paid | $ | 15,322 |  |  | $ | 15,222 |  |  | $ | 15,128 |  |  | $ | 15,033 |
Record date | November 20, 2020 |  | August 21, 2020 |  | May 22, 2020 |  | February 28, 2020
Payment date | December 24, 2020 |  | September 25, 2020 |  | June 26, 2020 |  | March 27, 2020
Schedule of Dividends Payable on Outstanding Weighted Average Number of Basic Common Shares | Cash dividends declared on the Company's outstanding weighted average number of basic common shares for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018 were as follows:
| Year Ended December 31,
| 2020 |  | 2019 |  | 2018
Cash dividends declared per common share | $ | 0.81750 |  |  | $ | 0.79750 |  |  | $ | 0.77750 |

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