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Stock Repurchases, Dividends and Earnings per Share - Share Repurchase Activity (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, shares in Millions, $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2019
Equity [Abstract]
Number of shares repurchased (in shares)	1.2	1.5
Amount paid	$ 98.8	$ 111.5
Weighted average cost per share (in dollars per share)	$ 85.06	$ 74.76

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Treasury Stock, Shares, Acquired, Shares Repurchased Pursuant to Share Repurchase Program

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Total cost of shares repurchased divided by the total number of shares repurchased.

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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 45
-Paragraph 1
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6405813&loc=d3e23239-112655

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