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Current Liabilities - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions | Sep. 28, 2019 | Dec. 31, 2018
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Liabilities Current [Abstract] |  |
Book overdrafts | $ 161.5 | $ 89.8
Dividends payable, current | $ 122.8 | $ 123.4

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