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Designated Amount, Net Investment Hedge

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Minimum Remaining Maturity of Foreign Currency Derivatives

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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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Nominal or face amount used to calculate payment on derivative.

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Maximum amount of time remaining before foreign currency exchange rate derivatives mature or expire, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Derivatives and Hedging Activities (Details Textual) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2021 EUR (€)	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Sep. 22, 2020 EUR (€)	Mar. 31, 2015 EUR (€)	Mar. 17, 2015
2022 EUR Senior notes
Derivative [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage	1.25%	1.25%	1.25%			1.25%
Foreign Exchange Forward
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative, lower remaining maturity range	3 days
Derivative, upper remaining maturity range	21 months
Currency Swap
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative, notional amount \| €		€ 423,200,000
Derivative, Interest Payable \| $	$ (6.3)
Not Designated as a Hedging Instrument \| Foreign Exchange Forward
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative, notional amount \| $	$ 425.2		$ 388.1
2022 EUR Senior notes
Derivative [Line Items]
Designated amount, net investment hedge \| €				€ 336,300,000	€ 255,700,000