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Debt Instrument, Covenant, Total Indebtedness To Total Capitalization Ratio, Maximum, Percentage

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Debt Instrument, Covenant, Total Indebtedness To Total Capitalization Ratio, Maximum When Acquisition For Consideration Threshold Is Met, Percentage

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Debt Instrument, Term Loan, Increase

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Debt Instrument, Total Indebtedness To Total Capitalization, Percentage

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Letters Of Credit Surety Bonds And Other Arrangements

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Carrying value as of the balance sheet date of long-term unsecured obligations issued by corporations and other borrowers to investors (with maturities initially due after one year or beyond the operating cycle if longer), excluding current portion.

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Effective interest rate for the funds borrowed under the debt agreement considering interest compounding and original issue discount or premium.

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Amount of the required periodic payments including both interest and principal payments.

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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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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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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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The fee, expressed as a percentage of the line of credit facility, for available but unused credit capacity under the credit facility.

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Borrowings and Lines of Credit (Additional Information) (Details)		1 Months Ended									3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Aug. 30, 2019	Jan. 31, 2024 USD ($)	Apr. 30, 2023 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2023 USD ($)	May 31, 2022 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2022 EUR (€)	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2021 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Aug. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2021 USD ($) instrument	Dec. 31, 2023 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Jul. 31, 2023 USD ($)	May 31, 2022 EUR (€)	Dec. 31, 2021 EUR (€)	Feb. 28, 2021 USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Proceeds from issuance of debt					$ 1,061,000,000				$ 692,000,000
Debt instrument, covenant, total indebtedness to total capitalization ratio, maximum, percentage										0.60
Debt instrument, covenant, acquisition for consideration, minimum threshold										$ 1,000,000,000
Debt instrument, covenant, total indebtedness to total capitalization ratio, maximum when acquisition for consideration threshold is met, percentage										0.65
Debt instrument, total indebtedness to total capitalization, percentage												0.42
Repayments of debt											$ 170,000,000	$ 300,000,000	$ 0	$ 847,000,000
Debt instrument, number of obligations matured \| instrument											2
Long-term debt												6,042,000,000	6,796,000,000
repayments of long-term lines of credit												1,100,000,000	300,000,000	0
Short-term borrowings												4,000,000	10,000,000
Repayments of medium-term notes												0	0	$ 400,000,000
Line of credit, amount outstanding												0	0
Outstanding letters of credit and surety bonds												232,000,000	231,000,000
3.2% Notes Due 2023
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Repayments of debt				$ 300,000,000
Debt instrument, interest rate, stated percentage				3.20%
Term Loan
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, face amount			$ 500,000,000
Debt instrument, increase limit			250,000,000
Proceeds from issuance of debt			$ 500,000,000
Debt instrument, increase												250,000,000
Term Loan \| Subsequent Event
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Proceeds from issuance of debt		$ 250,000,000
Non-callable Debentures 9 Percent Due 2021
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, interest rate, stated percentage								9.00%			9.00%
Long-term debt								$ 134,000,000			$ 134,000,000
Unsecured Debt \| Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, term				5 years
Line of credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity															$ 2,300,000,000
Line of credit facility, additional borrowings capacity available												750,000,000
Term Loan Credit Agreement, due 2024
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, face amount																		$ 2,000,000,000
Long-term debt												0	1,099,000,000
Proceeds from revolving credit facility							$ 700,000,000	700,000,000
repayments of long-term lines of credit												1,100,000,000	300,000,000
1.875% Notes Due 2025 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, face amount \| €																€ 300,000,000
Debt instrument, interest rate, stated percentage																1.875%
Debt instrument, redemption price, percentage					101.00%
Long-term debt												330,000,000	319,000,000
2.750% Notes Due 2029
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, face amount \| €																€ 700,000,000
Debt instrument, interest rate, stated percentage																2.75%
Debt instrument, redemption price, percentage					101.00%
Long-term debt												768,000,000	743,000,000
1.95% Notes due 2037
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, face amount \| €						€ 50,000,000
Debt instrument, term						15 years
Debt instrument, interest rate, stated percentage				1.95%
Long-term debt												54,000,000	52,000,000
1.200% Notes due 2026
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, interest rate, stated percentage									1.20%
Debt instrument, redemption price, percentage						101.00%
Long-term debt												696,000,000	694,000,000
Notional amount of nonderivative instruments									$ 700,000,000
Notes 0.875 Percent Due 2022
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, face amount \| €																	€ 600,000,000
Debt instrument, interest rate, stated percentage																	0.875%
Other Non-US Debt
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt								$ 30,000,000			$ 30,000,000	$ 1,000,000	1,000,000
3.75% Notes due 2028
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, interest rate, stated percentage												3.75%
Long-term debt												$ 808,000,000	$ 809,000,000
Notional amount of nonderivative instruments												$ 800
Effective interest rates												6.20%	2.60%
2.55% Notes Due 2030 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt												$ 297,000,000	$ 297,000,000
Commercial paper
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term commercial paper, noncurrent												0
Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of credit facility, unused capacity, commitment fee, percentage	0.06%
Periodic payment amount												100,000,000
Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of credit facility, unused capacity, commitment fee, percentage	0.125%
International Operations
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Lines of credit, current borrowing capacity												$ 491,000,000