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Debt Instrument, Number Of Interest Rates

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Line of Credit Facility, Accordion Feature, Higher Borrowing Capacity Option

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Line of Credit Facility, Accordion Feature, Increase Limit

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Amount, before unamortized (discount) premium and debt issuance costs, of long-term debt. Includes, but is not limited to, notes payable, bonds payable, commercial loans, mortgage loans, convertible debt, subordinated debt and other types of debt.

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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt 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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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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Difference between the fair value of payments made and the carrying amount of debt which is extinguished prior to maturity.

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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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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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Borrowing Facilities and Debt - Additional Information (Details)	1 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2020 USD ($)	Feb. 29, 2020 USD ($)	Aug. 31, 2019 USD ($) interest_rate	Jan. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Oct. 25, 2020 USD ($)	May 31, 2020 USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Commercial paper				$ 1,500,000,000
Foreign Line of Credit
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Available credit agreement				77,000,000
Outstanding credit facilities				0	$ 0
Unsecured Debt \| Revolving Credit
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, term		5 years
Available credit agreement		$ 1,500,000,000
Accordion feature, increase limit		500,000,000
Accordion feature, higher borrowing capacity option		$ 2,000,000,000.0
Outstanding credit facilities				0	0
Unsecured Term Loan \| Line of Credit
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Available credit agreement			$ 2,000,000,000.0
Outstanding credit facilities				0	0
Number of interest rates \| interest_rate			2
Commercial paper
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Short-term debt				0	0
Senior Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt, principal amount				5,500,000,000	5,500,000,000
Senior Notes \| 2.625% Senior Notes Due 2020
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Stated interest rate (as percent)	2.625%
Repayments of long-term debt	$ 600,000,000
Senior Notes \| 4.300% Senior Notes Due 2021
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Stated interest rate (as percent)	4.30%
Repayments of long-term debt	$ 750,000,000
Senior Notes \| 4.300% Unsecured Senior Notes Due 2021 And 2.625% Unsecured Senior Notes Due 2020
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Repayments of long-term debt	1,400,000,000
Gain (loss) on extinguishment of debt	$ (33,000,000)
Senior Notes \| 1.750% Senior Notes Due 2030
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt, principal amount				$ 750,000,000	750,000,000	$ 750,000,000
Stated interest rate (as percent)				1.75%		1.75%
Senior Notes \| 2.750% Senior Notes Due 2050
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt, principal amount				$ 750,000,000	$ 750,000,000	$ 750,000,000
Stated interest rate (as percent)				2.75%		2.75%