REVENUES - Principal Activities (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2022	Sep. 30, 2021	Sep. 30, 2022	Sep. 30, 2021
Disaggregation of revenue
Net sales	$ 3,669.3	$ 3,320.8	$ 10,516.6	$ 9,368.5
U.S. Pension. | Geographic concentration | Consolidated net sales
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Percentage of consolidated sales			53.00%	52.00%
Product and equipment sales
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Net sales	2,963.0	2,653.8	$ 8,473.9	$ 7,461.6
Service and lease sales
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Net sales	706.3	667.0	2,042.7	1,906.9
Corporate
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Net sales	27.7	36.0	96.4	104.1
Corporate | North America
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Net sales	24.8	25.7	84.5	73.4
Corporate | Europe
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Net sales	0.7	0.8	2.2	2.6
Corporate | Asia Pacific
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Net sales	1.1	1.5	3.2	4.2
Corporate | Latin America
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Net sales	1.1	6.7	6.2	19.4
Corporate | Greater China
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Net sales		0.7	0.1	1.9
Corporate | India, Middle East and Africa
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Net sales		0.6	0.2	2.6
Corporate | Product and equipment sales
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Net sales	27.7	35.8	96.3	103.5
Corporate | Service and lease sales
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Net sales		0.2	0.1	0.6
Global Industrial
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Net sales	1,769.6	1,603.1	5,025.2	4,578.6
Global Industrial | North America
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Net sales	836.4	716.8	2,329.6	2,046.0
Global Industrial | Europe
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Net sales	350.3	353.3	1,005.1	1,008.5
Global Industrial | Asia Pacific
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Net sales	207.2	199.8	621.3	586.8
Global Industrial | Latin America
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Net sales	160.6	141.0	453.0	400.5
Global Industrial | Greater China
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Net sales	101.0	102.9	317.7	292.7
Global Industrial | India, Middle East and Africa
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Net sales	114.1	89.3	298.5	244.1
Global Industrial | Product and equipment sales
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Net sales	1,551.8	1,386.0	4,381.6	3,941.0
Global Industrial | Service and lease sales
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Net sales	217.8	217.1	643.6	637.6
Global Institutional and Specialty
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Net sales	1,163.1	1,070.6	3,297.3	2,904.0
Global Institutional and Specialty | North America
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Net sales	860.5	776.4	2,420.6	2,133.6
Global Institutional and Specialty | Europe
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Net sales	162.8	166.3	463.8	394.5
Global Institutional and Specialty | Asia Pacific
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Net sales	53.5	48.4	159.2	150.0
Global Institutional and Specialty | Latin America
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Net sales	40.8	34.9	119.1	97.3
Global Institutional and Specialty | Greater China
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Net sales	30.6	32.6	95.0	98.7
Global Institutional and Specialty | India, Middle East and Africa
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Net sales	14.9	12.0	39.6	29.9
Global Institutional and Specialty | Product and equipment sales
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Net sales	964.0	889.9	2,722.8	2,397.7
Global Institutional and Specialty | Service and lease sales
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Net sales	199.1	180.7	574.5	506.3
Global Healthcare and Life Sciences
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Net sales	356.6	286.9	1,110.3	881.4
Global Healthcare and Life Sciences | North America
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Net sales	146.8	112.6	449.5	320.0
Global Healthcare and Life Sciences | Europe
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Net sales	164.9	154.1	523.0	500.8
Global Healthcare and Life Sciences | Asia Pacific
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Net sales	23.0	14.8	66.0	40.3
Global Healthcare and Life Sciences | Latin America
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Net sales	5.9		16.2	1.1
Global Healthcare and Life Sciences | Greater China
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Net sales	11.9	1.8	41.6	4.5
Global Healthcare and Life Sciences | India, Middle East and Africa
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Net sales	4.1	3.6	14.0	14.7
Global Healthcare and Life Sciences | Product and equipment sales
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Net sales	329.5	259.4	1,023.7	795.4
Global Healthcare and Life Sciences | Service and lease sales
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Net sales	27.1	27.5	86.6	86.0
Other
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Net sales	352.3	324.2	987.4	900.4
Other | North America
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Net sales	227.1	201.3	623.7	549.8
Other | Europe
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Net sales	70.0	70.6	201.8	191.3
Other | Asia Pacific
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Net sales	19.6	17.1	55.8	54.9
Other | Latin America
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Net sales	12.9	13.0	39.0	37.7
Other | Greater China
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Net sales	20.0	19.5	59.1	57.7
Other | India, Middle East and Africa
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Net sales	2.7	2.7	8.0	9.0
Other | Product and equipment sales
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Net sales	90.0	82.7	249.5	224.0
Other | Service and lease sales
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Net sales	$ 262.3	$ 241.5	$ 737.9	$ 676.4