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Reserve Established Under Counterparty Agreement

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Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Extension Period

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Amount of obligation to transfer good or service to customer for which consideration has been received or is receivable.

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Amount of revenue recognized that was previously included in balance of obligation to transfer good or service to customer for which consideration from customer has been received or is due.

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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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Period in which remaining performance obligation is expected to be recognized as revenue, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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BASIS OF PRESENTATION (Citibank Amendment) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
	Aug. 04, 2018	Aug. 04, 2018	Feb. 03, 2018	Jul. 29, 2017	May 31, 2018
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Proceeds from Citibank amendment	$ 425	$ 425		$ 0
Unearned revenue	$ 1,040	1,040	$ 1,114	$ 1,219
Contract with customer, revenue recognized		$ 384	$ 430
Citibank, N.A.
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Service contract term extension		5 years
Service contract term	15 years	15 years
Proceeds from Citibank amendment		$ 425
Reserve established under counterparty agreement	$ 25	25
Unearned revenue					$ 425
Contract with customer, revenue recognized		$ 14