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Treasury Stock, Shares, Acquired, as Percentage of Shares Pursuant to Accelerated Share Repurchase Agreement

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The amount needed to adjust previously recorded stockholders' equity balances to the actual aggregate amounts paid, whether in cash or other consideration, to acquire all of the shares purchased under an Accelerated Share Repurchase arrangement.

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Amount of decrease to equity for grantee's tax withholding obligation for award under share-based payment arrangement.

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The maximum number of nonredeemable preferred shares (or preferred stock redeemable solely at the option of the issuer) permitted to be issued by an entity's charter and bylaws.

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Total number of nonredeemable preferred shares (or preferred stock redeemable solely at the option of the issuer) issued to shareholders (includes related preferred shares that were issued, repurchased, and remain in the treasury). May be all or portion of the number of preferred shares authorized. Excludes preferred shares that are classified as debt.

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Aggregate share number for all nonredeemable preferred stock (or preferred stock redeemable solely at the option of the issuer) held by stockholders. Does not include preferred shares that have been repurchased.

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Number of shares used to settle grantee's tax withholding obligation for award under share-based payment arrangement.

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Amount of stock repurchase plan authorized.

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Amount remaining of a stock repurchase plan authorized.

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Total cost of shares repurchased divided by the total number of shares repurchased.

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Number of shares that have been repurchased during the period and are being held in treasury.

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Equity impact of the cost of common and preferred stock that were repurchased during the period. Recorded using the cost method.

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Capital Stock (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($)								1 Months Ended				12 Months Ended
Capital Stock (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($)	Jan. 30, 2020	Jan. 22, 2020	Dec. 20, 2019	Sep. 20, 2019	Jun. 21, 2019	Mar. 22, 2019	Dec. 21, 2018	Apr. 30, 2018	Feb. 28, 2018	Jan. 31, 2018	Nov. 30, 2017	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Oct. 31, 2019
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Stock repurchase program, authorized amount															$ 600,000,000.0
Accelerated stock repurchase program											$ 750,000,000.0		$ (750,000,000)	$ (750,000,000)
Available to repurchase common stock												$ 914,000,000.0
Amount expended on share repurchases in open market transactions												$ 453,853,000	$ 511,153,000	$ 574,956,000
Total tax withholdings for share-based compensation (in shares)												882,078	739,522	974,501
Total tax withholding for share-based compensation												$ (89,213,000)	$ (71,593,000)	$ (80,040,000)
Preferred stock, shares authorized												5,000,000	5,000,000
Preferred stock, par value (in dollars per share)												$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Preferred stock, shares issued												0	0
Preferred stock, shares outstanding												0	0
Cash dividend paid (in dollars per share)			$ 0.35	$ 0.35	$ 0.35	$ 0.35	$ 0.35
Subsequent Event
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Share repurchase program, additional amount authorized		$ 1,000,000,000.00
Open Market Purchases
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Amount expended on share repurchases in open market transactions												$ 453,900,000	$ 511,200,000	$ 575,000,000.0
Number of shares repurchased												4,533,688	4,730,542	7,384,368
Average per share price on share repurchases in open market transactions (in dollars per share)												$ 100.11	$ 108.05	$ 77.86
ASR Counterparty
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Amount expended on share repurchases in open market transactions									$ 750,000,000.0			$ 750,000,000.0
Number of shares repurchased								1,600,000	6,500,000	1,400,000		7,100,000
Shares repurchased as percentage of shares pursuant to accelerated share repurchase agreement (percent)												80.00%
ASR Counterparty \| Subsequent Event
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Amount expended on share repurchases in open market transactions	$ 1,000,000,000.00
Number of shares repurchased	6,500,000
Forecast
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Cash dividend paid (in dollars per share)		$ 0.35