Disposal Group, Including Discontinued, Interest Received

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Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Working Capital

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Amount of consideration received or receivable for the disposal of assets and liabilities, including discontinued operation.

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Amount of foreign currency translation gain (loss) in the disposal group, including discontinued operation, recognized in the statement of income as a result of the sale or complete or substantially complete liquidation of an investment in a foreign entity.

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Amount, before tax, of (gain) loss recognized for the (reversal of write-down) write-down to fair value, less cost to sell, of a disposal group. Excludes discontinued operations.

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Amount of gain (loss) on sale or disposal of other assets.

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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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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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Sale of Business - Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021	Mar. 31, 2021
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Foreign currency translation adjustment reclassified to net income for sale of business	$ (55,436)		$ 0
Disposal Group, Including Discontinued, Interest Received		$ 900
Loss on sale of business	2,221		1,392
Proceeds from divestiture of businesses	55,933		$ 2,842
Discontinued Operations, Disposed of by Sale
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Disposal group, not discontinued operation, loss (gain) on write-down	34,400
Foreign currency translation adjustment reclassified to net income for sale of business		$ 59,700
Loss on sale of business	55,400
Discontinued Operations, Disposed of by Sale \| Dresser
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Disposal group, not discontinued operation, loss (gain) on write-down	3,100
Disposal group, including discontinued operation, working capital	2,200
Disposal group, including discontinued operation, consideration	75,000
Proceeds from divestiture of businesses	$ 55,900