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Debt Instrument, Redemption, Percent of Principal Required to be Outstanding

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Debt Instrument, Redemption Price, Percentage if Change in Control Occurs

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Face (par) amount of debt instrument at time of issuance.

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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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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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Percentage price of original principal amount of debt at which debt can be redeemed by the issuer.

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Percentage of principal amount of debt redeemed.

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Amount, after accumulated amortization, of debt discount.

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Amount of required minimum rental payments for leases having an initial or remaining non-cancelable letter-terms in excess of one year.

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Borrowings - Senior Notes (Details) € in Millions, $ in Millions		9 Months Ended
	Aug. 16, 2016 EUR (€)	Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Sep. 27, 2016 EUR (€)	Aug. 16, 2016 USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Unamortized original issue discount		$ 13.2	$ 9.1
Build-to-suit Lease and Sale-leaseback Financing [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Future minimum payments due		$ 18.4
2024 Dollar Senior Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Percentage if change in control occurs	101.00%
2024 Dollar Senior Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, face amount					$ 500.0
Debt instrument, interest rate, stated percentage	4.875%				4.875%
Discount, percent of par	99.951%				99.951%
Unamortized original issue discount					$ 2.0
Debt instrument, redemption price, percentage	104.875%
Percent of principal required to be outstanding	50.00%
2024 Dollar Senior Notes [Member] \| Any Time Prior to August 15, 2019 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Redemption price, percentage of principal amount redeemed	40.00%
2024 Euro Senior Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, face amount \| €	€ 335.0
Debt instrument, interest rate, stated percentage	4.25%				4.25%
Debt instrument, redemption price, percentage	104.25%
Percent of principal required to be outstanding	50.00%
Percentage if change in control occurs	101.00%
2024 Euro Senior Notes [Member] \| Any Time Prior to August 15, 2019 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Redemption price, percentage of principal amount redeemed	40.00%
2025 Euro Senior Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, face amount \| €				€ 450.0
Debt instrument, interest rate, stated percentage				3.75%
Debt instrument, redemption price, percentage		103.75%
Percent of principal required to be outstanding		50.00%
Percentage if change in control occurs		101.00%
2025 Euro Senior Notes [Member] \| Any Time Prior to January 15, 2020 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Redemption price, percentage of principal amount redeemed		40.00%