Director Deferred Stock Ownership Plan Amount to be credited to deferred stock accounts.

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Share Delivery Term if Elected

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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Award Cost Recognition Period

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Estimated period over which an employee is required to provide service in exchange for the equity-based payment award, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Period over which grantee's right to exercise award under share-based payment arrangement is no longer contingent on satisfaction of service or performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days. Includes, but is not limited to, combination of market, performance or service condition.

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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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Net number of share options (or share units) granted during the period.

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Amount by which current fair value of underlying stock exceeds exercise price of fully vested and expected to vest options outstanding. Includes, but is not limited to, unvested options for which requisite service period has not been rendered but that are expected to vest based on achievement of performance condition, if forfeitures are recognized when they occur.

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Percentage of vesting of award under share-based payment arrangement.

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Period from grant date that an equity-based award expires, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Stock-Based Compensation - Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Director deferred stock ownership plan amount to be credited to deferred stock accounts (as a percent)	50.00%
Share delivery term if elected	5 years
Stock options granted (shares)	0	0	0
Total fair value of stock options vested (less than)	$ 1	$ 2	$ 3
Stock Options
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Service period	4 years
Award expiration period	10 years
Award vesting period	4 years
Stock Options \| More than half
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Award cost recognition period	12 months
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Award Vesting Rights, Percentage	50.00%
Stock Options \| Approximately one-quarter
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Award cost recognition period	24 months
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Award Vesting Rights, Percentage	25.00%
Stock Options \| Approximately one-tenth
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Award cost recognition period	36 months
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Award Vesting Rights, Percentage	10.00%
Stock Options \| Remaining
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Award cost recognition period	48 months
Restricted Stock and Unit Awards
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Award vesting period	3 years