Debt Instrument, Amendment Agreement, Amount To Be Paid

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Debt Instrument, Covenant, Leverage Ratio

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Debt Instrument, Reduction In Capacity Under Restricted Payments Builder Basket

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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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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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Face (par) amount of the original debt instrument that was repurchased.

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Difference between the fair value of payments made and the carrying amount of debt which is extinguished prior to maturity.

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The cash outflow during the period from the repayment of aggregate short-term and long-term debt. Excludes payment of capital lease obligations.

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Long-term Debt - Textual (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	1 Months Ended	2 Months Ended	3 Months Ended
Long-term Debt - Textual (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Jan. 31, 2022	Jan. 31, 2022	Mar. 31, 2022	Mar. 31, 2021	Dec. 09, 2021
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Loss on early extinguishment of debt			$ 0.3	$ 0.0
Senior Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Leverage ratio					3.5
Debt instrument, reduction in capacity under restricted payments builder basket					$ 200.0
Amendment agreement, amount to be paid		$ 40.5
Repayments of debt	$ 20.0
Senior Notes \| 5.75% Senior Notes due 2025
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument interest rate (percent)			5.75%		5.75%
Senior Notes \| 4.50% Senior Notes due 2028
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument interest rate (percent)			4.50%		4.50%
Senior Notes \| 4.75% Senior Notes due 2030
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument interest rate (percent)			4.75%		4.75%
Senior Notes \| 4.625% Senior Notes due 2031
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument interest rate (percent)			4.625%		4.625%
Senior Notes \| 5.125% Senior Notes due 2023
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument interest rate (percent)			5.125%
Redemption amount			$ 100.0
Loss on early extinguishment of debt			$ 0.3