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Payments Of Debt Extinguishment Costs, Per Diluted Share

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Face (par) amount of debt instrument at time of issuance.

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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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Amount of cash outflow for cost from early extinguishment and prepayment of debt. Includes, but is not limited to, third-party cost, premium paid, and other fee paid to lender directly for debt extinguishment or debt prepayment. Excludes accrued interest.

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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.

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Subsequent Event (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions	Oct. 24, 2019	Sep. 27, 2019
Subsequent event
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Make-whole premiums	$ 7
Make-whole premiums, after-tax	$ 5
Make-whole premiums, per diluted share	$ 0.01
Senior notes \| 2.4% senior notes due 2020
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Interest rate of debt instrument		2.40%
Senior notes \| 2.4% senior notes due 2020 \| Subsequent event
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Aggregate principal amount	$ 500
Interest rate of debt instrument	2.40%
Senior notes \| 5.0% senior notes due 2020
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Interest rate of debt instrument		5.00%
Senior notes \| 5.0% senior notes due 2020 \| Subsequent event
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Aggregate principal amount	$ 375
Interest rate of debt instrument	5.00%