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Minimum Remaining Maturity of Foreign Currency Derivatives

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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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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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Nominal or face amount used to calculate payment on derivative.

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Maximum amount of time remaining before foreign currency exchange rate derivatives mature or expire, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Derivative Instruments and Hedges (Textual) (Details) $ in Millions	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2020 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2020 EUR (€)	Sep. 22, 2020 EUR (€)	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2015 EUR (€)
2022 EUR Senior Notes
Derivative [Line Items]
Stated interest rate (as a percent)	1.25%	1.25%		1.25%
2022 EUR Senior Notes
Derivative [Line Items]
Designated amount, net investment hedge			€ 336,300,000		€ 255,700,000
Currency Swap
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative, notional amount		€ 163,200,000
Not Designated as Hedging Instrument \| Forward Exchange Contract
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative, notional amount \| $	$ 399.6			$ 398.5
Minimum remaining maturity of foreign currency derivatives	9 days
Maximum remaining maturity of foreign currency derivatives	23 months