Subsequent Events (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions |
3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended | ||||
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Oct. 25, 2017 |
Oct. 17, 2017 |
Sep. 30, 2017 |
Oct. 01, 2016 |
Sep. 30, 2017 |
Oct. 01, 2016 |
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| Cash Dividends Declared Per Share | $ 0.165 | $ 0.15 | $ 0.495 | $ 0.45 | ||
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| Cash Dividends Declared Per Share | $ 0.19 | |||||
| Subsequent Event [Member] | Brunswick Pension Plan For Hourly Bargaining Unit Employees and the Brunswick Pension Plan For Salaried Employees [Member] | ||||||
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| Defined Benefit Plan, Plan Assets, Payment for Settlement | $ 132.6 | |||||
| Subsequent Event [Member] | Brunswick Pension Plan For Hourly Employees and the Brunswick Pension Plan For Hourly Wage Employees [Member] | ||||||
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| Defined Benefit Plan, Plan Assets, Payment for Settlement | $ 101.7 | |||||
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- Definition Amount of payment, which decreases plan assets of defined benefit plan, for irrevocable action relieving primary responsibility for benefit obligation and eliminating risk for obligation and assets used to effect settlement. Transaction constituting settlement includes, but is not limited to, making lump-sum cash payment to participant in exchange for their rights to receive specified benefits and purchasing nonparticipating annuity contract. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Detail information of subsequent event by type. User is expected to use existing line items from elsewhere in the taxonomy as the primary line items for this disclosure, which is further associated with dimension and member elements pertaining to a subsequent event. No definition available.
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