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Debt - Components of Debt (Detail) - USD ($) | Jun. 30, 2020 | May 15, 2020 | Dec. 31, 2019
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Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Long-term Debt, Gross | $ 4,366,901,000 |  | $ 4,382,396,000
Less: Short term borrowings | (185,200,000) |  | (384,958,000)
Long-term debt | $ 4,181,701,000 |  | 3,997,438,000
2020 Notes |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Effective Interest Rate | 3.69% |  |
Credit facilities | $ 299,816,000 |  | 299,381,000
2021 Euro Notes |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Effective Interest Rate | 0.82% |  |
Credit facilities | $ 336,274,000 |  | 334,561,000
2023 Notes |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Effective Interest Rate | 3.30% |  |
Credit facilities | $ 299,156,000 |  | 299,004,000
2024 Euro Notes |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Effective Interest Rate | 1.88% |  |
Credit facilities | $ 560,644,000 |  | 558,124,000
2026 Euro Notes |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Effective Interest Rate | 1.93% |  |
Credit facilities | $ 893,879,000 |  | 890,183,000
2028 Notes |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Effective Interest Rate | 4.57% |  |
Credit facilities | $ 396,845,000 |  | 396,688,000
2047 Notes |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Effective Interest Rate | 4.44% |  |
Credit facilities | $ 493,782,000 |  | 493,571,000
2048 Notes |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Effective Interest Rate | 5.12% |  |
Credit facilities | $ 786,105,000 |  | 785,996,000
Amortizing Note |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Effective Interest Rate | 6.09% |  |
Credit facilities | $ 59,513,000 |  | 82,079,000
Bank overdrafts and other |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Bank overdrafts and other | 1,107,000 |  | 3,131,000
Deferred realized gains on interest rate swaps |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Deferred realized gains on interest rate swaps | $ 57,000 |  | 57,000
Term loan credit agreement | Loans payable |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Line of credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity |  | $ 200,000,000 |
Effective Interest Rate | 3.65% |  |
Credit facilities | $ 239,723,000 |  | $ 239,621,000
Term loan credit agreement | Loans payable | Minimum | LIBOR |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Effective Interest Rate |  | 1.225% |
Term loan credit agreement | Loans payable | Minimum | Base rate |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Effective Interest Rate |  | 0.225% |
Term loan credit agreement | Loans payable | Maximum | LIBOR |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Effective Interest Rate |  | 2.475% |
Term loan credit agreement | Loans payable | Maximum | Base rate |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Effective Interest Rate |  | 1.475% |
2022 Term Loan | Loans payable |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Credit facilities | $ 0 |  |

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