FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS - Changes to Contingent Consideration (Detail) - Contingent Consideration Liability - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Business Combination, Contingent Consideration, Liability [Roll Forward]
Contingent consideration, Beginning Balance	$ 10.3	$ 12.4
Purchase accounting adjustments		(0.4)
Decrease due to payments	(2.3)	(1.3)
Change in fair value reflected in SG&A		0.2
Other		(0.6)
Contingent consideration, Ending Balance	$ 8.0	$ 10.3

Business combination, contingent consideration, liability roll forward.

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Fair value measurement with unobservable inputs reconciliation recurring basis changes in fair value of liability.

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Fair value measurement with unobservable inputs reconciliation recurring basis other.

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Fair value measurement with unobservable inputs reconciliation recurring basis purchase accounting adjustments.

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Amount of settlements of financial instrument classified as a liability measured using unobservable inputs that reflect the entity's own assumption about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing.

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Fair value of financial instrument classified as a liability measured using unobservable inputs that reflect the entity's own assumption about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing.

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