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Debt Discounts And Debt Issuance Costs

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Extinguishment of Debt, Deferred Gains

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Weighted Average Maturity Of Commercial Paper

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Separation, Fortive's Cash Payments to Danaher Prior to Distribution Date

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Face amount or stated value per share of common stock.

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The number of shares issued in exchange for the original debt being converted in a noncash (or part noncash) transaction. "Part noncash" refers to that portion of the transaction not resulting in cash receipts or payments in the period.

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Ratio applied to the conversion of debt instrument into equity with equity shares divided by debt principal amount.

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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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Gross amount of debt extinguished.

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The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the current and noncurrent portions of long-term obligations drawn from a line of credit, which is a bank's commitment to make loans up to a specific amount. Examples of items that might be included in the application of this element may consist of letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a maximum amount as of any point in time conditional on satisfaction of specified terms before, as of and after the date of drawdowns on the line. Includes short-term obligations that would normally be classified as current liabilities but for which (a) postbalance sheet date issuance of a long term obligation to refinance the short term obligation on a long term basis, or (b) the enterprise has entered into a financing agreement that clearly permits the enterprise to refinance the short-term obligation on a long term basis and the following conditions are met (1) the agreement does not expire within 1 year and is not cancelable by the lender except for violation of an objectively determinable provision, (2) no violation exists at the BS date, and (3) the lender has entered into the financing agreement is expected to be financially capable of honoring the agreement.

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Maximum amount borrowed under the credit facility at any time during the period.

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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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Carrying amount of long-term debt, net of unamortized discount or premium, including current and noncurrent amounts. Includes, but not limited to, notes payable, bonds payable, debentures, mortgage loans and commercial paper. Excludes capital lease obligations.

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Weighted average interest rate of long-term debt outstanding.

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The cash outflow for incremental, external costs directly pertaining to an early extinguishment of debt, including legal costs and prepayment penalties, and excluding interest and repayment of debt principal.

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The cash inflow from additional borrowings, net of cash paid to third parties in connection with debt origination.

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Financing (Narrative) (Details) $ / shares in Units, shares in Thousands, $ in Millions, ¥ in Billions					1 Months Ended		3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016 JPY (¥)	Jul. 01, 2016	Feb. 28, 2016 JPY (¥)	Feb. 28, 2016 USD ($)	Aug. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($) shares	Oct. 02, 2015 USD ($)	Jul. 08, 2016 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($) $ / shares	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) $ / shares
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt discounts and debt issuance costs											$ 26.0	$ 9.0
Extinguishment of debt, amount					$ 1,900.0
Make-whole premiums to redeem borrowings prior to maturity					(188.0)		$ (188.0)	$ (188.1)	$ 0.0
Extinguishment of debt, net of certain deferred gains					$ 9.0
Long-term debt											$ 8,312.2	$ 12,870.4
Common stock, par value \| $ / shares											$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Debt conversion, converted instrument, tax benefit								$ 2.7
Fortive
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Separation, Fortive's cash payments to Danaher prior to distribution date						$ 3,000.0
Long-term debt						3,400.0
Convertible debt \| Zero-coupon LYONs due 2021
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate of debt instrument	0.00%										0.00%
Long-term debt											$ 68.2	$ 72.6
Interest rate of debt instrument	0.00%										0.00%
Shares issued under debt conversion, shares \| shares								229
Debt conversion, converted instrument, tax benefit								$ 3.0
LYONs, conversion ratio	0.0381998
Commercial paper
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Weighted average interest rate of long-term debt, interest rate	(0.10%)										(0.10%)
Weighted average maturity of long-term debt (in days)		55 days
Commercial paper \| U.S. dollar-denominated commercial paper
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt											$ 123.8	920.0
Commercial paper \| U.S. dollar-denominated commercial paper \| Fortive
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt						393.0
Senior notes \| 0.352% senior unsecured notes due 2021
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, face value \| ¥	¥ 30.0		¥ 30.0
Interest rate of debt instrument	0.352%		0.352%								0.352%
Debt instrument, redemption price, percent			100.00%	100.00%
Proceeds from debt, net of issuance costs			¥ 29.9	$ 262.0
Long-term debt											$ 294.8	0.0
Interest rate of debt instrument	0.352%		0.352%								0.352%
Senior notes \| 1.8% senior unsecured notes due 2019 \| Fortive
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, face value						$ 300.0
Interest rate of debt instrument						1.80%
Interest rate of debt instrument						1.80%
Senior notes \| 2.35% senior unsecured notes due 2021 \| Fortive
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, face value						$ 750.0
Interest rate of debt instrument						2.35%
Interest rate of debt instrument						2.35%
Senior notes \| 3.15% senior unsecured notes due 2026 \| Fortive
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, face value						$ 900.0
Interest rate of debt instrument						3.15%
Interest rate of debt instrument						3.15%
Senior notes \| 4.3% senior unsecured notes due 2046 \| Fortive
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, face value						$ 550.0
Interest rate of debt instrument						4.30%
Interest rate of debt instrument						4.30%
Senior notes \| 2.3% senior unsecured notes due 2016
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, face value						$ 500.0
Interest rate of debt instrument	2.30%					2.30%					2.30%
Long-term debt											$ 0.0	$ 500.0
Interest rate of debt instrument	2.30%					2.30%					2.30%
Unsecured debt \| Term Loan Facility \| Fortive
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, face value						$ 500.0
Revolving credit facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Borrowings outstanding under credit facility											$ 0.0
Long-term debt \| Revolving credit facility \| Credit Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of credit											$ 4,000.0
Long-term debt \| Revolving credit facility \| Revolving Credit Facility \| Fortive
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of credit						$ 1,500.0
Short-term debt \| Revolving credit facility \| 364-Day Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of credit										$ 7,000.0
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Amount Outstanding During Period										$ 0.0