Represents the average collection period for accounts receivable.

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- Definition

Represents the capacity of the securitization program.

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- Definition

Accounts receivable securitization program maximum capacity.

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- Definition

Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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- Definition

The amount owed to the reporting entity by counterparties in securitized loan transactions.

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- Definition

Cash Flows between a transferor and a transferee attributable to collections reinvested in revolving period transfers related to either a securitization, asset-backed financing arrangement, or similar transfer in which the transferor has continuing involvement with the transferred financial assets underlying the transaction (including, but not limited to, servicing, recourse, and restrictions on transferor's interests in the transferred financial assets).

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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-Section 50
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- Definition

Proceeds from securitizations of receivables treated as collateralized borrowings, which are classified as financing transactions.

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-Topic 230
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-Section 45
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- Definition

A device of credit enhancement where a part of the purchase price for the receivable/ payable is retained to serve as a cash collateral.

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- Definition

Fair value of derecognized financial assets from transactions which comprise an initial transfer and an agreement entered into in contemplation of the initial transfer resulting in retention of substantially all of the exposure to the economic return throughout the term of the transaction.

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Accounts Receivable Securitization and Other Factoring Arrangements - Narrative (Details) € in Millions	3 Months Ended			6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2019 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2019 EUR (€)	Jun. 30, 2018 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2019 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2019 EUR (€)	Jun. 30, 2018 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)
Accounts Receivable Securitization
Accounts receivable balance sold	$ 0	€ 27.0	$ 223,400,000	$ 149,000,000.0	€ 27.0	$ 384,300,000
Proceeds from collection of receivables	0	€ 27.0	$ 179,900,000	182,800,000	€ 27.0	343,000,000.0
Sales of trade receivables	0			$ 0			$ 75,000,000.0
Average collection cycle for accounts receivable (in days) (less than)				60 days	60 days
Fair value of deferred purchase price notes	0			$ 0			$ 71,500,000
Non-cash investing activities related to increase in deferred purchase price				0		$ 263,800,000
Maximum availability under these programs \| €					€ 45.0
Maximum
Accounts Receivable Securitization
Capacity of securitization program	$ 75,000,000.0			$ 75,000,000.0