Reclassification of Permanent Equity to Temporary Equity

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Decrease in noncontrolling interest balance from payment of dividends or other distributions by the non-wholly owned subsidiary or partially owned entity, included in the consolidation of the parent entity, to the noncontrolling interest holders.

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Amount of cash inflow from a noncontrolling interest. Includes, but is not limited to, purchase of additional shares or other increase in noncontrolling interest ownership.

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Carrying amount, attributable to parent and noncontrolling interests, of an entity's issued and outstanding stock which is not included within permanent equity. Temporary equity is a security with redemption features that are outside the control of the issuer, is not classified as an asset or liability in conformity with GAAP, and is not mandatorily redeemable. Includes any type of security that is redeemable at a fixed or determinable price or on a fixed or determinable date or dates, is redeemable at the option of the holder, or has conditions for redemption which are not solely within the control of the issuer. Includes stock with a put option held by an ESOP and stock redeemable by a holder only in the event of a change in control of the issuer.

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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 portion of net income or loss attributable to temporary equity interest.

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Partners' Capital Rollforward of non-controlling interest (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Apr. 09, 2019
Temporary Equity [Line Items]
Interest of non-controlling partner in subsidiary		$ 426.2			$ 0.0
Non-controlling interest reclassification (Note 12)		178.8
Proceeds from Noncontrolling Interests	$ 175.0	235.0	$ 0.0	$ 175.0
Temporary Equity, Net Income		30.8
Series A-3
Temporary Equity [Line Items]
Proceeds from Noncontrolling Interests		235.0
Non-Controlling Partner
Temporary Equity [Line Items]
Noncontrolling Interest, Decrease from Distributions to Noncontrolling Interest Holders		$ (18.4)