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General Information - Accounts Receivable and Allowances (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2020	Sep. 30, 2019	Dec. 31, 2019
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]
Receivables Sold and Derecognized	$ 2,077.2	$ 2,033.1
Proceeds Collected on Behalf of Financial Institutions	2,029.0	1,660.0
Net Proceeds Received From Financial Institutions	37.0	37.9
Deferred Purchase Price at September 30th	9.6	4.9
Pledged Receivables at September 30	267.4	93.1
Receivables sold	238.0	$ 129.0
Amount transferred subject to continuing involvement	$ 606.0		$ 562.0

Factoring Arrangement, Amount Transferred Subject to Continuing Involvement

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Amount 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, at the date of derecognition.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 860
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 4D
-Subparagraph (a)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=121570589&loc=SL51823488-111719

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