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Actual Debt To Income Ratio

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Required Debt To Capital Ratio

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Required Debt To Income Ratio

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Carrying value as of the balance sheet date of short-term borrowings using unsecured obligations issued by banks, corporations and other borrowers to investors. The maturities of these money market securities generally do not exceed 270 days.

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Amount of short-term debt and current maturity of long-term debt and capital lease obligations due within one year or the normal operating cycle, if longer.

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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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Period of time between issuance and maturity of debt instrument, in PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the current portion of long-term obligations drawn from a line of credit, which is a bank's commitment to make loans up to a specific amount. Examples of items that might be included in the application of this element may consist of letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a maximum amount as of any point in time conditional on satisfaction of specified terms before, as of and after the date of drawdowns on the line. Includes short-term obligations that would normally be classified as current liabilities but for which (a) postbalance sheet date issuance of a long term obligation to refinance the short term obligation on a long term basis, or (b) the enterprise has entered into a financing agreement that clearly permits the enterprise to refinance the short-term obligation on a long term basis and the following conditions are met (1) the agreement does not expire within 1 year and is not cancelable by the lender except for violation of an objectively determinable provision, (2) no violation exists at the BS date, and (3) the lender has entered into the financing agreement is expected to be financially capable of honoring the agreement.

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Amount of long-term notes payable classified as other.

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Short-term and Long-term Debt - Narrative (Detail)		9 Months Ended
Short-term and Long-term Debt - Narrative (Detail)	Apr. 30, 2020 USD ($)	Sep. 26, 2020 USD ($) revision	Sep. 28, 2019 USD ($)	Dec. 28, 2019 USD ($)	Sep. 16, 2019 USD ($)
Schedule Of Debt Instruments [Line Items]
Notes payable and current maturities of long-term debt		$ 267,900,000		$ 202,900,000
Commercial paper outstanding				193,600,000
Other notes payable				$ 9,300,000
Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt		489,900,000	$ 0
Other notes
Schedule Of Debt Instruments [Line Items]
Short-term debt		14,300,000
Note Payable, Debt Amortization Costs And Fair Value Adjustments Of Interest Rate Swaps
Schedule Of Debt Instruments [Line Items]
Short-term debt		$ 3,600,000
6.125% unsecured notes due 2021
Schedule Of Debt Instruments [Line Items]
Unsecured notes, interest rate		6.125%
6.125% unsecured notes due 2021 \| Unsecured Debt
Schedule Of Debt Instruments [Line Items]
Debt instrument, face amount		$ 250,000,000.0
3.10% unsecured notes due 2050
Schedule Of Debt Instruments [Line Items]
Unsecured notes, interest rate		3.10%
3.10% unsecured notes due 2050 \| Unsecured Debt
Schedule Of Debt Instruments [Line Items]
Debt instrument, face amount	$ 500,000,000
Unsecured notes, interest rate	3.10%
Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt	$ 489,900,000
Payments of financing costs	$ 4,400,000
Five-year Multi-Currency Revolving Credit Facility \| Revolving Credit Facility \| Line of Credit
Schedule Of Debt Instruments [Line Items]
Revolving credit facility, amount available					$ 800,000,000
Credit Facility borrowings		$ 0
Number of allowed revisions to debt ratios \| revision		2
Debt maturity, term		5 years
Actual debt-to-capital ratio		0.15
Actual debt-to-income ratio		0.73
Five-year Multi-Currency Revolving Credit Facility \| Revolving Credit Facility \| Maximum \| Line of Credit
Schedule Of Debt Instruments [Line Items]
Maximum limit of required debt-to-capital ratio		0.60
Maximum limit of required debt-to-income ratio		3.50
Five-year Multi-Currency Revolving Credit Facility \| Revolving Credit Facility \| Maximum \| Material Acquisition \| Line of Credit
Schedule Of Debt Instruments [Line Items]
Maximum limit of required debt-to-capital ratio		0.65
Maximum limit of required debt-to-income ratio		4.00