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Debt Instrument, Face Amount, Maximum Additional Borrowing Amount

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Debt Instrument, Length Of Extension Option

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Debt Instrument, Number Of Extension Options

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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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Amount, after accumulated amortization, of debt issuance costs classified as noncurrent. Includes, but is not limited to, legal, accounting, underwriting, printing, and registration costs.

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Period the derivative contract is outstanding, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Term Loans (Details) € in Millions, £ in Millions		3 Months Ended
Term Loans (Details) € in Millions, £ in Millions	Jan. 06, 2023 USD ($) extension	Mar. 31, 2023 USD ($)	Jan. 31, 2023 USD ($)	Jan. 31, 2023 GBP (£)	Jan. 31, 2023 EUR (€)	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2018 USD ($)
Unsecured Debt Maturing In January 2024 \| Interest rate swap
Debt
Length of swap contracts		1 year
Multicurrency Unsecured Debt \| Unsecured Debt Maturing In January 2024
Debt
Maximum amount of loan	$ 1,500,000,000
Face amount of loan			$ 1,100,000,000
Number of extension options \| extension	2
Length of extension option	12 months
Borrowing rate over applicable benchmark rate (in basis points) \| extension	80
Stated interest rate (as a percent)		5.00%
Multicurrency Unsecured Debt \| Unsecured Debt Maturing In January 2024 \| Term Loans
Debt
Face amount of loan			$ 90,000,000	£ 705.0	€ 85.0
Senior Unsecured Term Loans
Debt
Deferred finance costs balance		$ 6,500,000				$ 200,000
Senior Unsecured Term Loans \| $250 million senior unsecured term loan due March 2024
Debt
Face amount of loan							$ 250,000,000
Stated interest rate (as a percent)		3.80%