Partners' Capital, Equity and Incentive Compensation Plans (Summary of Assumptions and Fair Values for Restricted Stock and Options to Purchase Shares of Class A Common Stock Granted) (Details)	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2017 $ / shares
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Expected dividend yield	3.08%
Minimum
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Fair value of restricted stock granted	$ 48.63
Fair value of options granted	$ 10.11
Expected volatility	28.00%
Expected risk-free interest rates	2.12%
Maximum
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Fair value of restricted stock granted	$ 51.88
Fair value of options granted	$ 10.36
Expected risk-free interest rates	2.18%
Class O Units \| Minimum
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Expected term (years)	5 years 6 months
Class O Units \| Maximum
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Expected term (years)	5 years 10 months 24 days

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The estimated measure of the percentage by which a share price is expected to fluctuate during a period. Volatility also may be defined as a probability-weighted measure of the dispersion of returns about the mean. The volatility of a share price is the standard deviation of the continuously compounded rates of return on the share over a specified period. That is the same as the standard deviation of the differences in the natural logarithms of the stock prices plus dividends, if any, over the period.

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Expected term of share-based compensation awards, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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