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Line Of Credit Facility, Number Of Subsidiaries Designated As Additional Borrowers

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Percentage points added to the reference rate to compute the variable rate on the debt instrument.

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Period of time between issuance and maturity of debt instrument, in PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the current and noncurrent portions of long-term obligations drawn from a line of credit, which is a bank's commitment to make loans up to a specific amount. Examples of items that might be included in the application of this element may consist of letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a maximum amount as of any point in time conditional on satisfaction of specified terms before, as of and after the date of drawdowns on the line. Includes short-term obligations that would normally be classified as current liabilities but for which (a) postbalance sheet date issuance of a long term obligation to refinance the short term obligation on a long term basis, or (b) the enterprise has entered into a financing agreement that clearly permits the enterprise to refinance the short-term obligation on a long term basis and the following conditions are met (1) the agreement does not expire within 1 year and is not cancelable by the lender except for violation of an objectively determinable provision, (2) no violation exists at the BS date, and (3) the lender has entered into the financing agreement is expected to be financially capable of honoring the agreement.

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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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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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Amount of borrowing capacity currently available under the credit facility (current borrowing capacity less the amount of borrowings outstanding).

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Debt - Five-Year Revolving Credit Facility (Details) - Unsecured Debt		12 Months Ended
	Sep. 11, 2019 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($) subsidiary	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($)
Credit Agreement \| Revolving Credit Facility
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity	$ 5,000,000,000.0
Increase limit	2,000,000,000.0
Number of subsidiaries designated as additional borrowers \| subsidiary		0
Borrowings outstanding		$ 0
Remaining borrowing capacity		5,000,000,000.0
Credit Agreement \| Letter of Credit
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity	150,000,000
Borrowings outstanding		$ 0
Credit Agreement \| Bridge Loan
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity	$ 500,000,000
Terminated Credit Agreement \| Revolving Credit Facility
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity			$ 2,000,000,000.0
Credit facility, term	5 years
Minimum \| Eurodollar \| Credit Agreement \| Revolving Credit Facility
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate		0.875%
Minimum \| Overnight Rate \| Credit Agreement \| Revolving Credit Facility
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate		0.875%
Minimum \| Prime Rate, The Federal Funds Effective Rate Or London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) \| Credit Agreement \| Revolving Credit Facility
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate		0.00%
Maximum \| Eurodollar \| Credit Agreement \| Revolving Credit Facility
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate		1.375%
Maximum \| Overnight Rate \| Credit Agreement \| Revolving Credit Facility
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate		1.375%
Maximum \| Prime Rate, The Federal Funds Effective Rate Or London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) \| Credit Agreement \| Revolving Credit Facility
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate		0.375%