Share-Based Compensation Arrangement By Share-Based Payment Award, Assessed Period

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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment For Eligible Participants’ Initial Contribution

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Share-Based Compensation Plan, Fair Value Disclosure

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Shareholder Inventive Program, Percent of Annual Incentive Compensation

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Amount of expense for award under share-based payment arrangement. Excludes amount capitalized.

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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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An excess of the fair value of the modified award over the fair value of the award immediately before the modification.

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Percentage of vesting of award under share-based payment arrangement.

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Period from grant date that an equity-based award expires, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Share-based Compensation (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended			6 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2021	Jun. 30, 2021	Mar. 31, 2021	Jun. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2021	Jun. 30, 2020
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Percent of annual incentive compensation receivable in shares		100.00%			100.00%
Compensation expense		$ 99.8		$ 83.8	$ 163.2	$ 139.0
2021 Ventures Incentive Plan
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Assessed period	3 years
Vesting percentage	100.00%
Fair value of the 2021 Ventures Incentive Plan Awards		20.7			$ 20.7
2021 Ventures Incentive Plan \| Minimum
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Eligible participants’ initial contribution percent	10.00%
2021 Ventures Incentive Plan \| Maximum
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Eligible participants’ initial contribution percent	100.00%
SARs
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Expiration period	10 years		7 years
Share-based compensation expense		$ 22.7		$ 18.9