Share-Based Compensation - Summary of Assumptions (Details) - 2007 Long-Term Incentive Plan	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Director and Officers
Expected dividend yield	33.00%	32.00%	26.00%
Expected volatility	31.63%	29.54%	29.73%
Risk-free interest rate	0.64%	2.40%	2.20%
Expected life (in years)	5 years	5 years	5 years
Employees
Expected dividend yield	32.00%	32.00%	26.00%
Expected volatility	31.39%	29.54%	29.82%
Risk-free interest rate	0.67%	2.38%	2.51%
Expected life (in years)	5 years	5 years	5 years

The estimated dividend rate (a percentage of the share price) to be paid (expected dividends) to holders of the underlying shares over the option's term.

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The estimated measure of the percentage by which a share price is expected to fluctuate during a period. Volatility also may be defined as a probability-weighted measure of the dispersion of returns about the mean. The volatility of a share price is the standard deviation of the continuously compounded rates of return on the share over a specified period. That is the same as the standard deviation of the differences in the natural logarithms of the stock prices plus dividends, if any, over the period.

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The risk-free interest rate assumption that is used in valuing an option on its own shares.

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Expected term of award under share-based payment arrangement, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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