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Long-term Debt and Other Financing Arrangements - Additional Information (Detail)	1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2018 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2018 EUR (€)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Wrote-off certain previously capitalized deferred financing fees		$ 2,000,000
Debt refinancing costs		$ 5,000,000
Capital stock of non-U.S. subsidiaries of the company, percentage		65.00%
Net restricted assets, subsidiary entities		$ 2,100,000,000
Letters of credit, outstanding		$ 17,000,000		$ 16,000,000
Debenture loans
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Redemption of Senior notes and Senior subordinated discount notes at a percentage of aggregated accreted principal plus accrued and unpaid interest		101.00%
Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Leverage ratio		5.50%
Total net debt to covenant EBITDA		5.00%
Tranche A Revolving Credit Facility
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Debt instrument face value	$ 850,000,000
Debt instrument, maturity date	Jul. 09, 2023
Tranche A Revolving Credit Facility \| Minimum \| Base Rate
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, variable rate	0.25%
Tranche A Revolving Credit Facility \| Minimum \| Eurocurrency Rate
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, variable rate	1.25%
Tranche A Revolving Credit Facility \| Maximum \| Base Rate
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, variable rate	1.00%
Tranche A Revolving Credit Facility \| Maximum \| Eurocurrency Rate
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, variable rate	2.00%
Class A Term Loans
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Debt instrument face value	$ 1,125,000,000
Debt instrument, maturity date	Jul. 09, 2023
Original principal amount repayment term		The new Class A Term Loans will mature in full on July 9, 2023 and are required to be repaid in quarterly installments in an aggregate amount equal to 0.63% of the original principal amount of the Class A Term Loans for each of the first eight quarters following the effective date of the Amendment Agreement, 1.25% of the original principal amount of the Class A Term Loans for each of the subsequent eight quarters and 2.50% of the original principal amount of the Class A Term Loans for each of the subsequent three quarters, with the balance payable on July 9, 2023. The new Class B-2 Euro Term Loans will mature in full on October 4, 2023
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Class A Term Loans \| Minimum \| Eurocurrency Rate
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, variable rate	1.25%
Class A Term Loans \| Maximum \| Base Rate
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
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Class A Term Loans \| Repayment on Each of First Eight Quarters
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Class A Term Loans \| Repayment on Each of Subsequent Eight Quarters
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Class A Term Loans \| Repayment on Each of Subsequent Three Quarters
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Original principal amount repaid	2.50%
Class B-2 Euro Term Loans
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Debt instrument face value \| €					€ 545,245,518
Debt instrument, maturity date	Oct. 04, 2023
Original principal amount repaid	0.25%
Debt instrument, variable rate	2.50%
Class B-4 Term Loans
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Debt instrument face value	$ 75,000,000
Debt instrument, maturity date	Oct. 04, 2023
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Class B-4 Term Loans \| Eurocurrency Rate
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New revolving credit commitments
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Debt instrument, maturity date			2023-07
Revolving credit commitments
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Borrowings, outstanding		0		0
Letters of credit, outstanding		17,000,000		16,000,000
Debt instrument, remaining borrowing capacity		833,000,000
Senior Debenture Loan Due 2020
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Debt instrument face value		$ 800,000,000		$ 800,000,000
Debt instrument maturity month and year		2020-10
Long term debt including interest payable		$ 808,000,000