Defined Benefit Plan, Average Remaining Service Period

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Defined Benefit Plan, Net Mark-To-Market Adjustment on Actuarially Determined Liabilities

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Weighted average rate for present value of future retirement benefits cash flows, used to determine benefit obligation of defined benefit plan.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 715
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
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Amount of (increase) decrease to benefit obligation of defined benefit plan from remeasurement due to settlement. Excludes decrease to benefit obligation for settlement payment.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 715
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (a)(10)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=118255775&loc=d3e1928-114920

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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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Pension and Postretirement Benefit Costs - Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2020	Sep. 30, 2019	Sep. 30, 2020	Sep. 30, 2019	Dec. 31, 2019
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Net mark-to-market adjustment on actuarially determined liabilities	$ 13.0	$ 0.0	$ 13.0	$ 0.0
Postretirement benefit plans
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Net mark-to-market adjustment on actuarially determined liabilities	$ 13.0		$ 13.0
Discount rate	2.70%		2.70%		3.40%
Decrease of benefit obligation for Remeasurement	$ 174.5		$ 174.5
Average remaining service period participating employees (in years)			5 years 1 month 6 days