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Consideration Retained For Beneficial Interest Obtained For Transferring Financial Asset

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Fees And Interest Paid Under Receivables Purchase Agreements

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Trade Receivable Discount Margin, Basis Spread On Variable Rate

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Trade Receivable, Sold Under Agreement, Amount

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Trade Receivables, Cash Collected Under Agreement, Amount

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Trade Receivables Held-For-Sale, Sale Price, Percentage Of Sold Amount

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A roll forward is a reconciliation of a concept from the beginning of a period to the end of a period.

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Amount of deductions to trade receivables held-for-sale, after allowance for bad debt, that are not part of a disposal group.

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Amount of increase (decrease) in valuation and qualifying accounts and reserves from adjustment.

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Amount of increase in valuation and qualifying accounts and reserves from recovery of amount previously written off or reestablishment of reserve previously utilized.

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Accounts Receivable (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
Accounts Receivable (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Accounts receivable
Accounts receivable, net of allowance				$ 2,739.6	$ 2,705.6
Beneficial interest retained, percentage of accounts receivable				10.00%
Account receivable sold	$ 508.2	$ 377.3
Retained beneficial interest	0.0	15.9
Fees and interest paid under RPA	19.9	12.4	$ 4.8
Accounts receivable sold under repurchase agreement	7,900.0	6,100.0	3,000.0
Amount collected of accounts receivables under repurchase agreement	7,900.0	5,900.0	2,900.0
Minimum
Accounts receivable
Sale price of receivables, percentage of sold amount				90.00%
Minimum \| LIBOR
Accounts receivable
Receivable, basis spread on variable rate				1.00%
Maximum
Accounts receivable
Sale price of receivables, percentage of sold amount				100.00%
Maximum \| LIBOR
Accounts receivable
Receivable, basis spread on variable rate				3.00%
Allowance for bad debt
Accounts receivable
Allowance for bad debt	39.4	27.8	24.9	$ 39.4	$ 27.8
Activities in allowance for bad debt
Balance as of beginning of period	27.8	24.9	25.0
Charges to provision for bad debt	25.1	9.3	15.4
Write-off of uncollectible accounts receivable	(16.2)	(8.7)	(15.9)
Recoveries of bad debt	2.9	2.0	0.3
Translation Adjustments	(0.1)	0.3	0.2
Balance as of end of period	$ 39.4	$ 27.8	$ 24.9