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Contractual Commitments, Contingencies and Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements - Additional Information (Details) $ in Millions	1 Months Ended			6 Months Ended
	May 31, 2021 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2019 renewal_term	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2022 USD ($)	Jan. 31, 2022 EUR (€)	Sep. 30, 2020 USD ($)
Contractual Commitments Contingencies And Off- Balance Sheet Arrangements [Line Items]
Potential maximum loss exposure				$ 40.1
Future capital commitment				0.9
Estimate of possible loss				30.0
Derivative asset				97.0	$ 101.4
Currency Swap
Contractual Commitments Contingencies And Off- Balance Sheet Arrangements [Line Items]
Derivative notional amount \| €						€ 880,000,000
Derivative asset				97.0
Itiviti \| Treasury Lock
Contractual Commitments Contingencies And Off- Balance Sheet Arrangements [Line Items]
Pre-tax loss	$ 11.0
Derivative term	10 years
Cash flow hedge gain (loss) to be reclassified within twelve months				1.1
IT Services Agreement
Contractual Commitments Contingencies And Off- Balance Sheet Arrangements [Line Items]
IT service agreement extension term			2 years
Number of renewal terms option one \| renewal_term		1
Renewal term option one (in months)		12 months
Remaining commitment amount				108.4
IBM Private Cloud Agreement
Contractual Commitments Contingencies And Off- Balance Sheet Arrangements [Line Items]
Remaining commitment amount				154.9
Agreement term		10 years 3 months
Assets held-for-sale							$ 18.0
EU IT Services Agreement
Contractual Commitments Contingencies And Off- Balance Sheet Arrangements [Line Items]
Number of renewal terms option one \| renewal_term		1
Renewal term option one (in months)		12 months
Remaining commitment amount				14.7
Number of renewal terms option two \| renewal_term		1
Renewal term option two (in months)		24 months
AWS Cloud Agreement
Contractual Commitments Contingencies And Off- Balance Sheet Arrangements [Line Items]
Remaining commitment amount				$ 204.5