Lessee operating lease lease not yet commenced commencement end year.

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Lessee operating lease lease not yet commenced commencement start year.

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Lessee operating lease lease not yet commenced lease obligations incurred.

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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.

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Term of lessee's operating lease not yet commenced, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 842
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-Subparagraph (b)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=77888426&loc=SL77918673-209980

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Amount of cash outflow from operating lease, excluding payments to bring another asset to condition and location necessary for its intended use.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 842
-SubTopic 20
-Section 45
-Paragraph 5
-Subparagraph (c)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=77888419&loc=SL77918643-209977

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 842
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 4
-Subparagraph (g)(1)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=77888426&loc=SL77918686-209980

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Leases - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2019	Jun. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2019
Lessee Lease Description [Line Items]
Lease obligations for additional leases not yet commenced	$ 18.6		$ 18.6
Operating leases not yet commenced, start year			2020
Operating leases not yet commenced, end year			2021
Operating lease liabilities	$ 17.2	$ 16.7	$ 38.3	$ 33.2
Minimum
Lessee Lease Description [Line Items]
Operating leases, terms	1 year		1 year
Maximum
Lessee Lease Description [Line Items]
Operating leases, terms	5 years		5 years