Number of common shares reserved for future issuance related to deferred compensation arrangements with individuals.

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- Definition

Unrecognized cost of unvested share-based compensation awards.

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- Definition

Weighted average period over which unrecognized compensation is expected to be recognized for equity-based compensation plans, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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- Definition

Period which an employee's right to exercise an award is no longer contingent on satisfaction of either a service condition, market condition or a performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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- Definition

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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- Definition

Amount by which the current fair value of the underlying stock exceeds the exercise price of options outstanding.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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- Definition

compensation cost share based awards

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- Definition

Fair value of nonvested shares vested and distributed

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- Definition

Restricted stock units vested but common shares not distributed

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Equity-Based Compensation Plans (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2011
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Fair value of nonvested shares vested and distributed	$ 2.1
Performance Shares [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Award vesting period		3 years
Compensation cost share based awards	0.1	$ 0.9
Restricted Stock And Share Unit [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Compensation cost share based awards	$ 6.2	$ 5.6	$ 5.0
Restricted stock units vested but common shares not distributed (in shares)	660,000	528,000	410,000
Intrinsic value, outstanding	$ 4.5
Unrecognized compensation expense	$ 4.0
Period of recognition	10 months 18 days
2011 Long Term Incentive And Equity Award Plan [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Shares reserved for issuance (in shares)	1,500,000.0			5,000,000