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Business and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Accounts Receivable Provision (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018 | Dec. 31, 2017 | Dec. 31, 2016
Accounting Policies [Abstract] |  |  |
Bad Debt Expense | $ 227,960 | $ 170,574 | $ 128,333
Provision for Returns and Uncollected Renewal Payments | 40,128 | 32,815 | 39,590
Provision for Doubtful Accounts | $ 268,088 | $ 203,389 | $ 167,923

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- Definition Provision for Doubtful Accounts, Bad Debt Expense + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition Provision for Returns and Uncollected Renewal Payments + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition Amount of expense related to write-down of receivables to the amount expected to be collected. Includes, but is not limited to, accounts receivable and notes receivable. + References Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 220 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (SX 210.5-03.5) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=115205541&loc=SL114868664-224227 Reference 2: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 606 -SubTopic 10 -Section 45 -Paragraph 4 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=82913815&loc=SL49130534-203044 + Details
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