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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
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

Pension increase rate of benefit obligations.

+ References

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- Definition

Social security increase rate of benefit obligations.

+ References

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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)
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- Definition

Expected rate of compensation increases (for pay-related plans).

+ References

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 715
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
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