Notional Amount Related to Discontinuation of Interest Rate Fair Value Hedge

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Number Of Interest Rate Derivatives Terminated

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Total exposure to floating rate interest rates

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Aggregate notional amount specified by the derivative(s). Expressed as an absolute value.

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Current period adjustment resulting from gains and losses on intercompany foreign currency transactions that are of a long-term-investment nature, that is, settlement is not planned or anticipated in the foreseeable future. Resulting from the entities to the transaction being consolidated, combined, or accounted for by the equity method in the reporting entity's financial statements.

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The amount of expense charged against earnings by an Entity to record deferred gains and losses on hedge instruments. Examples include gain on economic hedges, amortization of gain on designated fair value hedge and so forth.

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Amount as of the balance sheet date of the unamortized adjustment to the carrying value of an interest-bearing hedged item made under an effective interest rate fair value hedge that is amortized upon discontinuation of the interest rate fair value hedge.

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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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Amount of gain (loss) recognized in earnings in the period from the increase (decrease) in fair value of foreign currency derivatives not designated as hedging instruments.

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DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS AND HEDGING ACTIVITIES (Narrative) (Details) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2018 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2017 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2018 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2017 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017	Mar. 31, 2012 USD ($) derivative_instrument
Derivative [Line Items]
Total exposure to floating rate interest rates	1.00%		1.00%		1.00%
Foreign Exchange Contract
Derivative [Line Items]
Notional amounts of foreign currency exchange contracts	$ 57.0		$ 57.0
Gain (loss) on foreign currency derivative instruments not designated as hedging instruments	(4.0)	$ 1.7	(3.1)	$ 2.2
Intercompany Loans
Derivative [Line Items]
Gain (loss) due to the effect of foreign currency exchange rates on intercompany loans	4.9	(2.7)	3.7	(3.9)
March 2012 Interest-Rate Swap Termination
Derivative [Line Items]
Number of interest-rate swap agreements terminated \| derivative_instrument						2
Notional amount						$ 350.0
Deferred gain (loss) on discontinuation of interest rate fair value hedge						$ 46.1
Amortization of interest rate swap gains	$ 1.3	$ 1.2	$ 6.0	$ 2.4