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Accelerated Share Repurchases, Initial Shares Repurchased

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Accelerated Share Repurchases, Shares Repurchased

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Final price paid per share for the purchase of the targeted number of shares, determined by an average market price over a fixed period of time.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 505
-SubTopic 30
-Section 25
-Paragraph 5
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6405686&loc=d3e22802-112653

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Amount of cash receipt from (payment to) bank; or stock received from (issuance to) bank in the settlement of the accelerated share repurchase agreement.

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Amount of stock repurchase plan authorized.

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Amount remaining of a stock repurchase plan authorized.

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Stockholders' Equity - Stock Repurchase Program (Details) - USD ($)	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended
	Jul. 31, 2018	Jul. 31, 2019	Jan. 31, 2020	May 31, 2018	Jan. 30, 2016
Share Repurchase [Line Items]
Accelerated share repurchase program, authorized amount	$ 250,000,000.0
Accelerated share repurchases, settlement (payment) or receipt	$ (250,000,000.0)
Accelerated share repurchases, initial shares repurchased (in shares)		1,529,286
Accelerated share repurchases, shares repurchased (in shares)	353,112	1,882,398
Accelerated share repurchases, final price paid (in usd per share)		$ 132.81
2018 Share Repurchase Program
Share Repurchase [Line Items]
Stock repurchase program, authorized amount				$ 1,000,000,000.0
Stock repurchase program, remaining authorized repurchase amount			$ 471,600,000
2016 Program
Share Repurchase [Line Items]
Stock repurchase program, authorized amount					$ 500,000,000.0