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Debt Instrument Offering Price Percentage at Principle Amount

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Debt Long Term and Short Term Less Unamortized Debt Issuance Expense Combined Amount

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Face (par) amount of debt instrument at time of issuance.

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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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Represents the aggregate of total long-term debt, including current maturities and short-term debt.

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Difference between the fair value of payments made and the carrying amount of debt which is extinguished prior to maturity.

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Amount, after unamortized (discount) premium and debt issuance costs, of long-term debt, classified as current. Includes, but not limited to, notes payable, bonds payable, debentures, mortgage loans and commercial paper. Excludes capital lease obligations.

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The remaining balance of debt issuance expenses that were capitalized and are being amortized against income over the lives of the respective bond issues. This does not include the amounts capitalized as part of the cost of the utility plant or asset.

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Long-Term Debt (Details)	3 Months Ended			9 Months Ended
Long-Term Debt (Details)	Sep. 30, 2020 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2020 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($)	Feb. 26, 2020 USD ($)	Feb. 26, 2020 EUR (€)	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total debt - principal	$ 3,469,408,000		$ 2,661,075,000	$ 3,469,408,000	$ 2,661,075,000			$ 2,258,873,000
Less unamortized debt issuance costs	21,638,000		9,690,000	21,638,000	9,690,000			14,452,000
Debt long term and short term less unamortized debt issuance costs combined amount	3,447,770,000		2,651,385,000	3,447,770,000	2,651,385,000			2,244,421,000
Less current portion	284,465,000		841,430,000	284,465,000	841,430,000			29,813,000
Long-term debt	3,163,305,000		1,809,955,000	3,163,305,000	1,809,955,000			2,214,608,000
Loss on early extinguishment of debt	0		1,676,000	1,481,000	1,676,000
Bank debt
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total debt - principal	1,185,825,000		1,619,005,000	1,185,825,000	1,619,005,000			795,830,000
4¾% Senior Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total debt - principal	$ 300,000,000		$ 300,000,000	$ 300,000,000	$ 300,000,000			$ 300,000,000
Senior note interest rate (in percentage)	4.75%		4.75%	4.75%	4.75%			4.75%
3¼% Senior Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total debt - principal	$ 762,223,000		$ 708,630,000	$ 762,223,000	$ 708,630,000			$ 729,755,000
Senior note interest rate (in percentage)	3.25%		3.25%	3.25%	3.25%			3.25%
4⅛% Senior Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total debt - principal	$ 600,000,000		$ 0	$ 600,000,000	$ 0			$ 400,000,000
Senior note interest rate (in percentage)	4.125%			4.125%				4.125%
Debt instrument, face amount						$ 200,000,000
2¼% Senior Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total debt - principal	$ 586,325,000		0	$ 586,325,000	0			$ 0
Senior note interest rate (in percentage)	2.25%			2.25%
Debt instrument, face amount \| €							€ 500,000,000
Debt instrument offering price percentage at principle amount						100.00%	100.00%
Finance Leases
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total debt - principal	$ 35,035,000		33,440,000	$ 35,035,000	33,440,000			33,288,000
Bank Revolving Loans \| Bank debt
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total debt - principal	246,000,000		766,000,000	246,000,000	766,000,000			0
Less current portion	246,000,000.0			246,000,000.0
U S Term Loans \| Bank debt
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total debt - principal	900,000,000		800,000,000	900,000,000	800,000,000			760,000,000
Canadian Term Loans \| Bank debt
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total debt - principal	0		15,943,000	0	15,943,000			4,703,000
Other Foreign Bank Revolving and Term Loans \| Bank debt
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total debt - principal	39,825,000		$ 37,062,000	39,825,000	$ 37,062,000			$ 31,127,000
Less current portion	36,600,000			36,600,000
Finance Leases
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Less current portion	$ 1,900,000			$ 1,900,000
Senior Notes \| 4⅛% Senior Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument offering price percentage						99.50%	99.50%
Term Loan \| A-Term Loans
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Loss on early extinguishment of debt		$ 1,500,000