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Guarantee of Subsidiary Debt	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2018
Guarantees and Product Warranties [Abstract]
Guarantee of Subsidiary Debt	Guarantee of Subsidiary Debt Unless otherwise indicated in connection with a particular offering of debt securities, Encore will fully and unconditionally guarantee any debt securities issued by Encore Capital Europe Finance Limited (“Encore Finance”), a 100% owned finance subsidiary of Encore. Amounts related to Encore Finance are included in the consolidated financial statements of Encore subsequent to April 30, 2018, the date of the incorporation of Encore Finance. On July 20, 2018, Encore Finance issued $172.5 million aggregate principal amount of exchangeable senior notes due 2023 (the “2023 Notes”), the 2023 Notes are fully and unconditionally guaranteed by Encore. Refer to Note 15, “Subsequent Events,” for further details of the 2023 Notes.

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The entire disclosure for each guarantee obligation, or each group of similar guarantee obligations, including (a) the nature of the guarantee, including its term, how it arose, and the events or circumstances that would require the guarantor to perform under the guarantee; (b) the maximum potential amount of future payments (undiscounted) the guarantor could be required to make under the guarantee; (c) the current carrying amount of the liability, if any, for the guarantor's obligations under the guarantee; and (d) the nature of any recourse provisions under the guarantee, and any assets held either as collateral or by third parties, and any relevant related party disclosure. Excludes disclosures about product warranties.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 460
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2155896

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