Completion of Reverse Morris Trust Transaction (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2019
Trust Transaction [Line Items]
Receipt of a one-time special cash payment	$ 1,900.0	$ 0.0

In connection with the Transaction, Ingersoll-Rand Services Company, an affiliate of Ingersoll Rand Industrial, borrowed an aggregate principal amount of $1.9 billion under a senior secured first lien term loan facility (Term Loan), the proceeds of which were used to make a one-time special cash payment of $1.9 billion to a subsidiary of the Company.

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