Payments to Acquire Additional Interest in Subsidiaries, Dividend

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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 of voting equity interests acquired at the acquisition date in the business combination.

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The cash outflow associated with the purchase of noncontrolling interest during the period.

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Acquisitions - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	1 Months Ended
	Jul. 31, 2021	Jul. 01, 2021	Jan. 25, 2021
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Payments to acquire additional interest in subsidiary	$ 19
Dividend payment to subsidiary	$ 6
Bacharach Inc
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Voting interest acquired (percentage)		100.00%
Bristol
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Voting interest acquired (percentage)			100.00%