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Earnings Per Share (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2016
Earnings Per Share [Abstract] |
Schedule of Earnings Per Share, Basic and Diluted | For the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014, earnings per share were as follows:
| 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2014
| Net income attributable to Colgate-Palmolive Company |  | Shares (millions) |  | Per Share |  | Net income attributable to Colgate-Palmolive Company |  | Shares (millions) |  | Per Share |  | Net income attributable to Colgate-Palmolive Company |  | Shares (millions) |  | Per Share
Basic EPS | $ | 2,441 |  |  | 891.8 |  |  | $ | 2.74 |  |  | $ | 1,384 |  |  | 902.2 |  |  | $ | 1.53 |  |  | $ | 2,180 |  |  | 915.1 |  |  | $ | 2.38 |
Stock options and restricted stock units |  |  | 6.6 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 7.5 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 9.2 |  |  |  |
Diluted EPS | $ | 2,441 |  |  | 898.4 |  |  | $ | 2.72 |  |  | $ | 1,384 |  |  | 909.7 |  |  | $ | 1.52 |  |  | $ | 2,180 |  |  | 924.3 |  |  | $ | 2.36 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of an entity's basic and diluted earnings per share calculations, including a reconciliation of numerators and denominators of the basic and diluted per-share computations for income from continuing operations. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 260 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6371337&loc=d3e3550-109257 + Details
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