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Dividends Declared Per Share (Detail) - $ / shares	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2017	Mar. 31, 2016
Dividends Payable [Line Items]
Dividend Amount	$ 0.360	$ 0.355
Group One
Dividends Payable [Line Items]
Declaration Date	Apr. 26, 2017
Date Paid (Payable)	May 30, 2017
Shareholder of Record Date	May 16, 2017
Dividend Amount	$ 0.360
Group Two
Dividends Payable [Line Items]
Declaration Date	Jan. 25, 2017
Date Paid (Payable)	Feb. 28, 2017
Shareholder of Record Date	Feb. 14, 2017
Dividend Amount	$ 0.360
Group Three
Dividends Payable [Line Items]
Declaration Date	Oct. 19, 2016
Date Paid (Payable)	Nov. 28, 2016
Shareholder of Record Date	Nov. 14, 2016
Dividend Amount	$ 0.355
Group Four
Dividends Payable [Line Items]
Declaration Date	Jul. 20, 2016
Date Paid (Payable)	Aug. 26, 2016
Shareholder of Record Date	Aug. 12, 2016
Dividend Amount	$ 0.355
Group Five
Dividends Payable [Line Items]
Declaration Date	Apr. 20, 2016
Date Paid (Payable)	May 27, 2016
Shareholder of Record Date	May 13, 2016
Dividend Amount	$ 0.355
Group Six
Dividends Payable [Line Items]
Declaration Date	Jan. 27, 2016
Date Paid (Payable)	Feb. 26, 2016
Shareholder of Record Date	Feb. 12, 2016
Dividend Amount	$ 0.355

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Aggregate dividends declared during the period for each share of common stock outstanding.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 505
-SubTopic 10
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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
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