Lessee, Operating Lease, Termination Period

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Remaining lease term of operating lease, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 842
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-Subparagraph (a)(1)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=121609121&loc=SL77918673-209980

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Term of lessor's operating lease renewal, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 842
-SubTopic 30
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-Subparagraph (a)(3)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=121576215&loc=SL77919359-209981

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- Definition

Amount of operating lease expense. Excludes sublease income.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 842
-SubTopic 20
-Section 45
-Paragraph 4
-Subparagraph (b)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=121603541&loc=SL77918638-209977

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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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Leases - Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
Leases - Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Sep. 30, 2020	Sep. 30, 2019	Sep. 30, 2020	Sep. 30, 2019
Operating Leased Assets [Line Items]
Option to extend lease term	10 years		10 years
Option to terminate lease term			1 year
Operating lease expense	$ 20.6	$ 19.7	$ 60.5	$ 57.3
Minimum
Operating Leased Assets [Line Items]
Remaining lease terms	1 year		1 year
Maximum
Operating Leased Assets [Line Items]
Remaining lease terms	10 years		10 years