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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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Percentage price of original principal amount of debt at which debt can be redeemed by the issuer.

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Fair value amount of debt instrument that was repurchased.

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Face (par) amount of the original debt instrument that was repurchased.

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Amount of hedged item in hedging relationship. Excludes hedged asset or liability.

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Fixed interest rate related to the interest rate derivative.

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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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The cash outflow during the period from the repayment of aggregate short-term and long-term debt. Excludes payment of capital lease obligations.

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Long-term Corporate Debt and Borrowing Arrangements - Additional Information (Detail)		1 Months Ended			12 Months Ended
	Apr. 01, 2020 USD ($)	Aug. 31, 2021	May 31, 2021	Mar. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2021 USD ($)	Jul. 30, 2021 USD ($)	Apr. 01, 2021	Aug. 31, 2020 USD ($)	May 31, 2020 USD ($)	Apr. 30, 2020 USD ($)	Jul. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2018 EUR (€)	Apr. 30, 2017 EUR (€)	Mar. 31, 2017 EUR (€)	Oct. 31, 2016 EUR (€)	Sep. 30, 2016 EUR (€)	May 31, 2016 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Apr. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2015 USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Early extinguishment of debt					$ (136,000,000)	$ (9,000,000)	$ (12,000,000)
Line of credit balance					14,004,000,000
Loans Payable \| Floating Rate Term Loan
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Face amount					$ 1,200,000,000
Fixed interest rate					1.75%
Percentage of margin aggregate interest rate					1.86%
Loans Payable \| 5.5% Senior Notes Due 2023
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Repayments of debt	$ 100,000,000
Senior Notes \| 5.5% Senior Notes Due 2023
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Face amount											$ 100,000,000			$ 400,000,000
Debt instrument interest percentage										5.50%	5.50%			5.50%
Senior Notes \| 6.375% Senior Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Repayments of debt				$ 356,000,000
Debt instrument interest percentage				6.375%	6.375%																6.375%
Repurchased face amount																					$ 350,000,000
Senior Notes \| 4.875% Senior Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument interest percentage																				4.875%
Repurchased face amount																				$ 300,000,000
Senior Notes \| 4.125% euro-denominated Senior Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Face amount \| €																			€ 300,000,000
Debt instrument interest percentage					4.125%														4.125%
Senior Notes \| 6% euro-denominated Senior Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument interest percentage																6.00%		6.00%
Repurchased face amount \| €																€ 175,000,000		€ 275,000,000
Repurchase amount \| €																€ 180,000,000
Senior Notes \| 5.250% Senior Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Face amount																							$ 375,000,000
Repayments of debt				$ 142,000,000
Debt instrument interest percentage				5.25%	5.25%			5.25%															5.25%
Repurchased face amount								$ 235,000,000
Repurchase amount								$ 239,000,000
Senior Notes \| 9.75%Senior Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument interest percentage																						9.75%
Repurchased face amount																						$ 223,000,000
Senior Notes \| 4.500% euro-denominated Senior Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Face amount \| €																	€ 250,000,000
Debt instrument interest percentage					4.50%												4.50%
Senior Notes \| 4.750% euro-denominated Senior Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Face amount \| €															€ 350,000,000
Debt instrument interest percentage					4.75%										4.75%
Senior Notes \| 5.125% Senior Notes Due 2022
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument interest percentage															5.125%
Repurchase amount \| €															€ 410,000,000
Senior Notes \| 5.750% Senior Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Face amount											$ 350,000,000			$ 400,000,000
Debt instrument interest percentage					5.75%						5.75%			5.75%
Issued percentage of face value		92.00%
Senior Notes \| 10.500% Senior Secured Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Face amount												$ 500,000,000
Repayments of debt				$ 599,000,000
Debt instrument interest percentage				10.50%	10.50%							10.50%
Issued percentage of face value			97.00%
Redemption price, percentage			100.00%
Senior Notes \| 5.375% Senior Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Face amount				$ 600,000,000
Debt instrument interest percentage				5.375%	5.375%
Senior Notes \| 4.750% Senior Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Face amount				$ 500,000,000
Debt instrument interest percentage				4.75%	4.75%
Line of Credit \| Revolving Credit Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of credit balance									$ 1,950,000,000				$ 1,800,000,000
Interest rate swaps \| Loans Payable \| Floating Rate Term Loan
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Fixed interest rate					4.75%
Amount of hedged item					$ 700,000,000