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Number of Businesses Acquired Or Divested

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Value of equity interests (such as common shares, preferred shares, or partnership interest) issued or issuable to acquire the entity.

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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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Amount of consideration transferred, consisting of acquisition-date fair value of assets transferred by the acquirer, liabilities incurred by the acquirer, and equity interest issued by the acquirer.

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Useful life of finite-lived intangible assets, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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The cash outflow associated with the acquisition of a business, net of the cash acquired from the purchase.

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Business Combinations - Additional Information (Details) $ in Millions	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2019 USD ($) business
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Cash consideration paid, net of cash acquired		$ 3,612	$ 0
Number of businesses acquired or divested \| business			0
Honey Science Corporation
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Aggregate purchase price for acquisitions	$ 4,000
Cash consideration paid, net of cash acquired	3,637
Equity interest issued	$ 400
Finite-lived intangible asset, useful life	3 years
Equity interest issued, vesting period	4 years