Sale of Accounts Receivable (Details) - USD ($) $ in Billions	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2019
Sale of Accounts Receivable [Abstract]
Servicing liability	$ 0.0	$ 0.0
Trade receivables sold and derecognized from the Consolidated Balance Sheets	2.9	2.4
Trade receivables sold and derecognized that remain uncollected	1.0	0.5
Loss on sale of trade receivables (immaterial)	$ 0.0	$ 0.0

Sale of Accounts Receivable [Abstract]

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- Definition

Trade receivables sold without recourse to unaffiliated financial institutions and derecognized from the consolidated balance sheets.

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- Definition

Trade accounts receivable sold and derecognized from the consolidated balance sheets that remain uncollected by unaffiliated financial institutions.

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- Definition

Amount of gain (loss) on sale of accounts receivable.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 860
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 5
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=118948506&loc=d3e107425-111719

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- Definition

Aggregate amount of servicing liabilities that are subsequently measured at fair value and servicing liabilities that are subsequently measured using the amortization method.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 860
-SubTopic 50
-Section 45
-Paragraph 2
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6469459&loc=d3e122501-111745

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