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Intangible Franchise Rights and Goodwill - Roll-Forward of Intangible Franchise Rights by Reportable Segment (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
BALANCE	$ 232.8	$ 253.5
U.S.
Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
BALANCE	213.4	223.1
U.K.
Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
BALANCE	19.4	30.4
Brazil
Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
BALANCE	$ 0.0	$ 0.1

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Amount of assets, excluding financial assets and goodwill, lacking physical substance and having a projected indefinite period of benefit.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 350
-SubTopic 30
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
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