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Tax Cuts And Jobs Act, Income Tax Expense (Benefit)

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Present value of lessee's discounted obligation for lease payments from operating lease.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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-SubTopic 20
-Section 45
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Amount of lessee's right to use underlying asset under operating lease.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 842
-SubTopic 20
-Section 45
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Recently Issued and Adopted Accounting Pronouncements and Regulatory Items Narrative (Details) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Feb. 28, 2019 lease	Jan. 01, 2019 USD ($)
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items]
Number of leases \| lease		1,400
Adjustment to provisional tax expense	$ 7.8
Accounting Standards Update 2018-05
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items]
Adjustment to provisional tax expense	$ 8.5
Minimum \| Accounting Standards Update 2016-02
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items]
Lease asset			$ 180.0
Lease liability			210.0
Maximum \| Accounting Standards Update 2016-02
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items]
Lease asset			220.0
Lease liability			$ 250.0