Amount of gain (loss) on sale or disposal of assets, including but not limited to property plant and equipment, intangible assets and equity in securities of subsidiaries or equity method investee.

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The cash outflow during the period for redemption of redeemable noncontrolling interests.

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The cash inflow associated with the amount received from the sale of a portion of the company's business, for example a segment, division, branch or other business, during the period.

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Acquisitions & Divestitures (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended				6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2020	Mar. 31, 2020	Sep. 30, 2019	Jun. 30, 2019	Jun. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2019
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Gain (Loss) on Disposition of Assets	$ 14.8			$ 11.7	$ 13.0	$ 15.1
Payments for Repurchase of Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest					0.0	88.4
Portavis GmbH [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Gain (Loss) on Disposition of Assets		$ 1.8
Proceeds from divestiture					10.1
Projective N.V. [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Gain (Loss) on Disposition of Assets					2.8
Proceeds from divestiture					4.2
Venezuela Business [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Gain (Loss) on Disposition of Assets					4.1
Netherlands Entities [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Gain (Loss) on Disposition of Assets			$ (9.5)			$ (3.5)
SecurCash B.V. [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Gain (Loss) on Disposition of Assets					$ 1.1
China Business [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Gain (Loss) on Disposition of Assets	8.6
Proceeds from divestiture	26.8
Denmark Business [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Gain (Loss) on Disposition of Assets	$ 5.9
Diebold Nixdorf AG China Subsidiaries [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Payments for Repurchase of Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest		$ 97.5