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Debt Instrument, Convertible, Shares

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Debt Instrument, Face Amount, Option To Purchase Additional Notes

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Debt Instrument, Maturity Date, Remaining Useful Life

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Payments For Initial Purchasers Discount

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The end date of the period reflected on the cover page if a periodic report. For all other reports and registration statements containing historical data, it is the date up through which that historical data is presented. If there is no historical data in the report, use the filing date. The format of the date is CCYY-MM-DD.

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Carrying amount of long-term convertible debt as of the balance sheet date, net of the amount due in the next twelve months or greater than the normal operating cycle, if longer. The debt is convertible into another form of financial instrument, typically the entity's common stock.

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The value of the financial instrument(s) that the original debt is being converted into in a noncash (or part noncash) transaction. "Part noncash" refers to that portion of the transaction not resulting in cash receipts or cash payments in the period.

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The carrying amount of the equity component of convertible debt which may be settled in cash upon conversion.

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The price per share of the conversion feature embedded in the debt instrument.

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Ratio applied to the conversion of debt instrument into equity with equity shares divided by debt principal amount.

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The amount by which the convertible debt's if-converted value exceeds its principle amount at the balance sheet date, regardless of whether the instrument is currently convertible. This element applies to public companies only.

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Threshold period of specified consecutive trading days within which common stock price to conversion price of convertible debt instrument must exceed threshold percentage for specified number of trading days to trigger conversion feature.

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Minimum percentage of common stock price to conversion price of convertible debt instruments to determine eligibility of conversion.

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Threshold number of specified trading days that common stock price to conversion price of convertible debt instruments must exceed threshold percentage within a specified consecutive trading period to trigger conversion feature.

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Face (par) amount of debt instrument at time of issuance.

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Effective interest rate for the funds borrowed under the debt agreement considering interest compounding and original issue discount or premium.

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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Amount, before accumulated amortization, of debt issuance costs. Includes, but is not limited to, legal, accounting, underwriting, printing, and registration costs.

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The cash outflow paid to third parties in connection with debt origination, which will be amortized over the remaining maturity period of the associated long-term debt.

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The cash inflow during the period from additional borrowings in aggregate debt. Includes proceeds from short-term and long-term debt.

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Price of a single share of a number of saleable stocks of a company.

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Convertible Senior Notes - Convertible Senior Notes (Details)	1 Months Ended			12 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2019 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Mar. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Apr. 30, 2018 USD ($) day $ / shares shares	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($) $ / shares	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Net proceeds				$ 780,180,000	$ 335,618,000	$ 0
Document Period End Date				Dec. 31, 2019
Shares related to convertible senior notes \| 0.125 Percent Convertible Senior Notes Due 2025
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Face amount		$ 700,000,000		$ 800,000,000
Interest rate, stated percentage		0.125%
Option to purchase additional notes	$ 100,000,000
Principal amount	800,000,000
Less initial purchasers’ discount	(18,998,000)
Less other issuance costs	(822,000)
Net proceeds	780,180,000
Conversion ratio		0.019396
Equity component	212,000,000.0			$ 206,747,000
Debt issuance costs	$ (19,800,000)
Debt instrument, remaining useful life				5 years 2 months 12 days
Face value				$ 211,800,000
Principal				588,200,000
Interest rate, effective percentage	5.40%
Conversion price \| $ / shares	$ 51.56
Shares related to convertible senior notes \| 0.25% Convertible Senior Notes Due 2023
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Face amount			$ 345,000,000	345,000,000	345,000,000
Interest rate, stated percentage			0.25%
Option to purchase additional notes			$ 45,000,000
Principal amount			345,000,000
Less initial purchasers’ discount			(8,625,000)
Less other issuance costs			(757,000)
Net proceeds			$ 335,618,000
Conversion ratio			0.037051
Equity component			$ 64,200,000	$ 62,444,000	$ 62,444,000
Debt issuance costs			$ (9,400,000)
Debt instrument, remaining useful life				3 years 4 months 24 days
Share price (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares				$ 37.91
Principal				$ 485,300,000
Value in excess of principal				$ 140,300,000
Interest rate, effective percentage			4.34%
Conversion price \| $ / shares			$ 26.95
Sale Price Is Greater Or Equal 130% \| Shares related to convertible senior notes \| 0.125 Percent Convertible Senior Notes Due 2025
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Threshold trading days \| day			20
Threshold consecutive trading days \| day			30
Threshold percentage of stock price trigger			130.00%
Sale Price Is Greater Or Equal 130% \| Shares related to convertible senior notes \| 0.25% Convertible Senior Notes Due 2023
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Threshold trading days \| day			20
Threshold consecutive trading days \| day			30
Threshold percentage of stock price trigger			130.00%
Trading Price Per $1,000 Principal Amount Less Than 98% \| Shares related to convertible senior notes \| 0.125 Percent Convertible Senior Notes Due 2025
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Threshold trading days \| day			5
Threshold consecutive trading days \| day			10
Trading Price Per $1,000 Principal Amount Less Than 98% \| Shares related to convertible senior notes \| 0.125 Percent Convertible Senior Notes Due 2025 \| Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Threshold percentage of stock price trigger			98.00%
Trading Price Per $1,000 Principal Amount Less Than 98% \| Shares related to convertible senior notes \| 0.25% Convertible Senior Notes Due 2023
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Threshold trading days \| day			5
Threshold consecutive trading days \| day			10
Trading Price Per $1,000 Principal Amount Less Than 98% \| Shares related to convertible senior notes \| 0.25% Convertible Senior Notes Due 2023 \| Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Threshold percentage of stock price trigger			98.00%
Liability component \| Shares related to convertible senior notes \| 0.125 Percent Convertible Senior Notes Due 2025
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Net carrying amount	$ 588,000,000.0
Debt issuance costs	(14,600,000)
Liability component \| Shares related to convertible senior notes \| 0.25% Convertible Senior Notes Due 2023
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Net carrying amount			$ 280,800,000
Debt issuance costs			(7,600,000)
Equity component \| Shares related to convertible senior notes \| 0.125 Percent Convertible Senior Notes Due 2025
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt issuance costs	(5,300,000)
Equity component \| Shares related to convertible senior notes \| 0.25% Convertible Senior Notes Due 2023
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt issuance costs			(1,700,000)
Capped Call \| Shares related to convertible senior notes \| 0.125 Percent Convertible Senior Notes Due 2025
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Net proceeds	$ 97,200,000
Shares covered by capped call transactions (in shares) \| shares	15,516,480
Conversion price \| $ / shares	$ 79.32
Capped Call \| Shares related to convertible senior notes \| 0.25% Convertible Senior Notes Due 2023
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Net proceeds			$ 39,200,000
Shares covered by capped call transactions (in shares) \| shares			12,801,260
Conversion price \| $ / shares			$ 40.68