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Accounts Receivable and Notes Receivable and Credit Quality of Notes Receivable - Evaluation of Notes Receivable For Impairment (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2016 | Dec. 31, 2015
Allowance for notes receivable |  |
Total accounts and notes receivable, net | $ 668.5 | $ 706.1
Notes Receivable |  |
Notes receivable: |  |
Notes Receivable, Ending Balance Individually Evaluated for Impairment | 122.6 | 122.5
Notes Receivable, Ending Balance Collectively Evaluated for Impairment | 65.5 | 109.7
Notes receivable | 188.1 | 232.2
Allowance for notes receivable |  |
Allowance for Notes Receivable, Ending Balance Individually Evaluated for Impairment | (14.6) | (12.9)
Allowance for Notes Receivable, Ending Balance Collectively Evaluated for Impairment | (0.4) | (0.3)
Allowance for notes receivable | (15.0) | (13.2)
Total Notes Receivable, Individually Evaluated for Impairment, Net | 108.0 | 109.6
Total Notes Receivable, Collectively Evaluated for Impairment, Net | 65.1 | 109.4
Total accounts and notes receivable, net | 173.1 | 219.0
Provision |  |
Provision, Ending Balance Individually Evaluated for Impairment | 4.9 | 8.7
Provision, Ending Balance Collectively Evaluated for Impairment | 0.4 | 0.4
Provision | 5.3 | 9.1
Charge-offs and Recoveries, Individually Evaluated for Impairment | (3.2) | (1.7)
Charge-offs and Recoveries, Collectively Evaluated for Impairment | (0.3) | (0.1)
Charge-offs and recoveries | (3.5) | (1.8)
Domestic | Notes Receivable |  |
Notes receivable: |  |
Notes Receivable, Ending Balance Individually Evaluated for Impairment | 10.3 | 20.7
Notes Receivable, Ending Balance Collectively Evaluated for Impairment | 34.8 | 41.7
Notes receivable | 45.1 | 62.4
Allowance for notes receivable |  |
Allowance for notes receivable | (1.0) | (2.6)
International | Notes Receivable |  |
Notes receivable: |  |
Notes Receivable, Ending Balance Individually Evaluated for Impairment | 112.3 | 101.8
Notes Receivable, Ending Balance Collectively Evaluated for Impairment | 30.7 | 68.0
Notes receivable | 143.0 | 169.8
Allowance for notes receivable |  |
Allowance for notes receivable | $ (14.0) | $ (10.6)

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