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Debt - Additional Information (Details)					1 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
Debt - Additional Information (Details)	Dec. 09, 2020 USD ($)	Jun. 01, 2020 USD ($)	May 18, 2020	Apr. 30, 2018 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2020 USD ($)	May 31, 2020 USD ($)	Apr. 30, 2020 USD ($)	Feb. 29, 2020 USD ($)	Sep. 29, 2019 USD ($)	May 31, 2019 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Jan. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Jun. 04, 2020 USD ($)
2.25% Medium-term notes due 2019 \| Medium-term Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Extinguishment of debt, amount								$ 600,000,000.0				$ 600,000,000.0
Extinguishment of debt, stated interest rate								2.15%				2.25%
Floating-Rate Medium Term Notes due 2019 \| Medium-term Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Extinguishment of debt, amount						$ 450,000,000.0					$ 150,000,000.0
Two Point Four Percent Medium-Term Notes Due 2019 \| Medium-term Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Extinguishment of debt, amount					$ 350,000,000.0				$ 600,000,000.0
Extinguishment of debt, stated interest rate					2.40%				2.40%
Revolving Credit Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Early repayment of debt	$ 150,000,000.0
Revolving Credit Facility \| Credit Facility Maturing April 2025, Five Year Term
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, term							5 years
Revolving Credit Facility \| Variable Rate Notes Maturing May 11 2020
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, term		364 years	364 years				364 days			364 days
Line of credit, maximum borrowing capacity		$ 350,000,000.0					$ 195,000,000.0			$ 350,000,000.0					$ 150,000,000.0
Line of Credit \| Credit Facility Maturing April 2025, Five Year Term
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, term							5 years
Line of credit, maximum borrowing capacity							$ 707,500,000
Line of Credit \| Credit Facility Maturing April 2021, Five Year Term
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, term							5 years
Line of credit, maximum borrowing capacity				$ 765,000,000.0
Line of Credit \| Credit Facility Maturing April 2023, Five Year Maturity
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, term				5 years									5 years
Line of credit, maximum borrowing capacity				$ 780,000,000.0			$ 707,500,000
Line of Credit \| Global Credit Facilities
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Covenant, debt to equity ratio, excluding subsidiary debt (cannot exceed)													10.0
Covenant, debt to equity ratio, excluding subsidiary debt													0.7
U.S. Line of Credit \| Asset-backed U.S. commercial paper conduit facilities \| Secured Debt \| Consolidated VIEs:
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, term													4 years
Amount transferred to receivables													$ 195,300,000	$ 174,400,000
Unsecured Commercial Paper
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, term													365 days
Weighted-average interest rate of commercial paper													1.34%	1.94%