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Share-Based Payments - Total Shareholder Return Units Narrative (Details) - Total Shareholder Return Units (TSRUs) [Member] |  | 12 Months Ended
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Oct. 26, 2016 USD ($) Employee trading_day | Dec. 31, 2018 Employee trading_day
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] |  |
Trading day average used to calculate the conversion | trading_day | 20 | 20
Age of eligible unit holder which can elect to exercise and convert TSRUs when vested into PTUs | 55 years |
Award requisite service period | 10 years |
Number of employees affected by plan modification | Employee | 2,900 | 260
Incremental compensation cost resulting from plan modification | $ | $ 0 |
Minimum [Member] |  |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] |  |
Contractual term (years) |  | 5 years
Maximum [Member] |  |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] |  |
Contractual term (years) |  | 7 years

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- Definition Estimated period over which an employee is required to provide service in exchange for the equity-based payment award, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days. + References Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 718 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (a)(1) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=109197908&loc=d3e5070-113901 + Details
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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. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition An excess of the fair value of the modified award over the fair value of the award immediately before the modification. + References Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 718 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (h)(2)(iii) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=109197908&loc=d3e5070-113901 + Details
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