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Performance Share Units Maximum Payout Percentage

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Share-Based Compensation Awards, Payout Percentage

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TSR Component Percentage Performance Share Units

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Aggregate number of common shares reserved for future issuance.

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Unrecognized cost of unvested share-based compensation awards.

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Weighted average period over which unrecognized compensation is expected to be recognized for equity-based compensation plans, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Unrecognized cost of unvested options awarded to employees as compensation.

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Period which an employee's right to exercise an award is no longer contingent on satisfaction of either a service condition, market condition or a performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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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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Description of pertinent provisions of equity-based compensation awards that have actual or potential impact upon the company's financial statements.

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Intrinsic value of equity-based compensation awards vested. Excludes stock and unit options.

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Period from grant date that an equity-based award expires, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Share-Based Compensation - Narrative (Details) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($) vesting_period shares	Dec. 31, 2017 shares	Dec. 31, 2016
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Common stock, shares authorized (in shares)	2,000,000,000	2,000,000,000
Restricted stock [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Aggregate intrinsic value, vested \| $	$ 20
Unrecognized compensation expense \| $	$ 33
Unrecognized compensation expense, weighted average period of recognition	2 years 7 days
Employee Stock Option [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Unrecognized compensation expense, weighted average period of recognition	1 year 6 months 21 days
Unrecognized compensation, stock options \| $	$ 13
Employee Stock Option [Member] \| Management [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting period	3 years	3 years	3 years
Employee Stock Option [Member] \| Management [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Options expiration	7 years	7 years	7 years
Employee Stock Option [Member] \| Management [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Options expiration	10 years	10 years	10 years
Performance Shares [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting period	3 years
Performance Shares [Member] \| 2018 [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting period	3 years
Number of vesting periods \| vesting_period	3
Performance Shares [Member] \| 2018 [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Payout percentage	0.00%
Performance Shares [Member] \| 2018 [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Payout percentage	200.00%
Performance Shares [Member] \| Management [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting period	3 years
Performance Shares [Member] \| Management [Member] \| 2017 and 2016 [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Performance share units maximum payout percentage	200.00%
PSU awards capped payout percentage	100.00%
TSR, terms of award	less than zero
Performance Shares [Member] \| Management [Member] \| 2017 and 2016 [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
TSR component, performance metrics	0.00%
Optional component, performance metrics	0.00%
Performance Shares [Member] \| Management [Member] \| 2017 and 2016 [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
TSR component, performance metrics	100.00%
Optional component, performance metrics	100.00%
2014 Long Term Incentive Plan [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Reduction due to issuance of stock option or SAR (in shares)	1.0
Reduction due to award other than stock option or SAR (in shares)	2.12
Vesting period	10 years
Common stock, reserved for future issuance (in shares)	35,389,825
2014 Long Term Incentive Plan [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Common stock, shares authorized (in shares)	71,600,000