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Profit Sharing, Retirement Savings Plans and Defined Benefit Pension Plans - Weighted Average Assumptions Used to Determine Benefit Obligations (Detail) | Dec. 31, 2016 | Dec. 31, 2015
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U.S. Pension Plans [Member] |  |
Benefit obligations |  |
Discount rate | 4.00% | 4.30%
Rate of compensation increase |  | 3.00%
Social security increase rate |  | 3.00%
Pension increase rate | 3.00% |
Non-U.S. Pension Plans [Member] |  |
Benefit obligations |  |
Discount rate | 2.20% | 2.60%
Rate of compensation increase | 2.40% | 2.50%
Social security increase rate | 1.80% | 1.60%
Pension increase rate | 1.70% | 1.60%

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- Definition Social security increase rate of benefit obligations. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition The interest rate used to adjust for the time value of money for the plan. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 715 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (k)(1) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=65897934&loc=d3e1928-114920 + Details
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