Percentage of proceeds were received at time of closing.

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Amount of cash inflow after costs received by the Company in a sale and related sale-leaseback.

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Amount of gain (loss) from sale and disposal of integrated set of activities and assets capable of being conducted and managed for purpose of providing return in form of dividend, lower cost, or other economic benefit to investor, owner, member and participant.

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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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The cash inflow associated with the amount received from the sale of a business segment or subsidiary or sale of an entity that is related to it but not strictly controlled during the period (for example, an unconsolidated subsidiary, affiliate, joint venture or equity method investment).

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Divestitures (Details) $ in Millions, $ in Millions			1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Divestitures (Details) $ in Millions, $ in Millions	Jul. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Jul. 31, 2020 AUD ($)	Jan. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2020 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2020 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($)
Divestiture
Gain on sale of businesses					$ 280	$ 280
Argentina \| Discontinued Operations, Disposed of by Sale
Divestiture
Gross proceeds			$ 10
Australia And New Zealand ("ANZ") business \| Discontinued Operations, Disposed of by Sale
Divestiture
Gross proceeds	$ 677	$ 947		$ 58
Sale and related sale lease-back net proceeds		$ 214
Percentage of proceeds were received at time of closing	95.00%	95.00%
Australia And New Zealand ("ANZ") business \| Other operating income (expense) \| Discontinued Operations, Disposed of by Sale
Divestiture
Gain on sale of businesses							$ 275