Condensed Consolidating Financial Information of Guarantor Subsidiaries - CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENT OF INCOME AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015		Mar. 31, 2014
Revenues:
Equipment rentals	$ 1,125		$ 1,005
Sales of rental equipment	116		110
Sales of new equipment	33		26
Contractor supplies sales	18		19
Service and other revenues	23		18
Total revenues	1,315		1,178
Cost of revenues:
Cost of equipment rentals, excluding depreciation	444		409
Depreciation of rental equipment	235		217
Cost of rental equipment sales	64		65
Cost of new equipment sales	27		20
Cost of contractor supplies sales	12		13
Cost of service and other revenues	9		6
Total cost of revenues	791		730
Gross profit	524		448
Selling, general and administrative expenses	181		168
Merger related costs	(27)		1
Restructuring charge	1	[1]	1
Non-rental depreciation and amortization	69		60
Operating (loss) income	300		218
Interest (income) expense, net	121		125
Other (income) expense, net	(3)		(1)
Income (loss) before provision for income taxes	182		94
Provision for income taxes	67		34
Income (loss) before equity in net earnings (loss) of subsidiaries	115		60
Equity in net earnings (loss) of subsidiaries	0		0
Net income	115		60
Other comprehensive (loss) income	(89)		(39)
Comprehensive income	26	[2]	21	[2]
Parent
Revenues:
Equipment rentals	0		0
Sales of rental equipment	0		0
Sales of new equipment	0		0
Contractor supplies sales	0		0
Service and other revenues	0		0
Total revenues	0		0
Cost of revenues:
Cost of equipment rentals, excluding depreciation	0		0
Depreciation of rental equipment	0		0
Cost of rental equipment sales	0		0
Cost of new equipment sales	0		0
Cost of contractor supplies sales	0		0
Cost of service and other revenues	0		0
Total cost of revenues	0		0
Gross profit	0		0
Selling, general and administrative expenses	3		25
Merger related costs	0		0
Restructuring charge	0		0
Non-rental depreciation and amortization	4		4
Operating (loss) income	(7)		(29)
Interest (income) expense, net	(1)		6
Other (income) expense, net	(35)		(32)
Income (loss) before provision for income taxes	29		(3)
Provision for income taxes	13		0
Income (loss) before equity in net earnings (loss) of subsidiaries	16		(3)
Equity in net earnings (loss) of subsidiaries	99		63
Net income	115		60
Other comprehensive (loss) income	(89)		(39)
Comprehensive income	26		21
URNA
Revenues:
Equipment rentals	998		872
Sales of rental equipment	106		100
Sales of new equipment	29		21
Contractor supplies sales	16		15
Service and other revenues	19		15
Total revenues	1,168		1,023
Cost of revenues:
Cost of equipment rentals, excluding depreciation	384		354
Depreciation of rental equipment	211		193
Cost of rental equipment sales	59		60
Cost of new equipment sales	24		16
Cost of contractor supplies sales	11		10
Cost of service and other revenues	6		5
Total cost of revenues	695		638
Gross profit	473		385
Selling, general and administrative expenses	151		123
Merger related costs	(27)		1
Restructuring charge	1		1
Non-rental depreciation and amortization	59		51
Operating (loss) income	289		209
Interest (income) expense, net	119		118
Other (income) expense, net	52		46
Income (loss) before provision for income taxes	118		45
Provision for income taxes	43		18
Income (loss) before equity in net earnings (loss) of subsidiaries	75		27
Equity in net earnings (loss) of subsidiaries	24		36
Net income	99		63
Other comprehensive (loss) income	(89)		(39)
Comprehensive income	10		24
Guarantor Subsidiaries
Revenues:
Equipment rentals	0		0
Sales of rental equipment	0		0
Sales of new equipment	0		0
Contractor supplies sales	0		0
Service and other revenues	0		0
Total revenues	0		0
Cost of revenues:
Cost of equipment rentals, excluding depreciation	0		0
Depreciation of rental equipment	0		0
Cost of rental equipment sales	0		0
Cost of new equipment sales	0		0
Cost of contractor supplies sales	0		0
Cost of service and other revenues	0		0
Total cost of revenues	0		0
Gross profit	0		0
Selling, general and administrative expenses	0		0
Merger related costs	0		0
Restructuring charge	0		0
Non-rental depreciation and amortization	0		0
Operating (loss) income	0		0
Interest (income) expense, net	2		1
Other (income) expense, net	1		2
Income (loss) before provision for income taxes	(3)		(3)
Provision for income taxes	(2)		0
Income (loss) before equity in net earnings (loss) of subsidiaries	(1)		(3)
Equity in net earnings (loss) of subsidiaries	16		25
Net income	15		22
Other comprehensive (loss) income	(90)		(38)
Comprehensive income	(75)		(16)
Non Guarantor Subsidiaries - Foreign
Revenues:
Equipment rentals	127		133
Sales of rental equipment	10		10
Sales of new equipment	4		5
Contractor supplies sales	2		4
Service and other revenues	4		3
Total revenues	147		155
Cost of revenues:
Cost of equipment rentals, excluding depreciation	60		55
Depreciation of rental equipment	24		24
Cost of rental equipment sales	5		5
Cost of new equipment sales	3		4
Cost of contractor supplies sales	1		3
Cost of service and other revenues	3		1
Total cost of revenues	96		92
Gross profit	51		63
Selling, general and administrative expenses	20		20
Merger related costs	0		0
Restructuring charge	0		0
Non-rental depreciation and amortization	6		5
Operating (loss) income	25		38
Interest (income) expense, net	1		1
Other (income) expense, net	1		3
Income (loss) before provision for income taxes	23		34
Provision for income taxes	7		9
Income (loss) before equity in net earnings (loss) of subsidiaries	16		25
Equity in net earnings (loss) of subsidiaries	0		0
Net income	16		25
Other comprehensive (loss) income	(71)		(30)
Comprehensive income	(55)		(5)
Non Guarantor Subsidiaries - SPV
Revenues:
Equipment rentals	0		0
Sales of rental equipment	0		0
Sales of new equipment	0		0
Contractor supplies sales	0		0
Service and other revenues	0		0
Total revenues	0		0
Cost of revenues:
Cost of equipment rentals, excluding depreciation	0		0
Depreciation of rental equipment	0		0
Cost of rental equipment sales	0		0
Cost of new equipment sales	0		0
Cost of contractor supplies sales	0		0
Cost of service and other revenues	0		0
Total cost of revenues	0		0
Gross profit	0		0
Selling, general and administrative expenses	7		0
Merger related costs	0		0
Restructuring charge	0		0
Non-rental depreciation and amortization	0		0
Operating (loss) income	(7)		0
Interest (income) expense, net	1		1
Other (income) expense, net	(22)		(20)
Income (loss) before provision for income taxes	14		19
Provision for income taxes	6		7
Income (loss) before equity in net earnings (loss) of subsidiaries	8		12
Equity in net earnings (loss) of subsidiaries	0		0
Net income	8		12
Other comprehensive (loss) income	0		0
Comprehensive income	8		12
Eliminations
Revenues:
Equipment rentals	0		0
Sales of rental equipment	0		0
Sales of new equipment	0		0
Contractor supplies sales	0		0
Service and other revenues	0		0
Total revenues	0		0
Cost of revenues:
Cost of equipment rentals, excluding depreciation	0		0
Depreciation of rental equipment	0		0
Cost of rental equipment sales	0		0
Cost of new equipment sales	0		0
Cost of contractor supplies sales	0		0
Cost of service and other revenues	0		0
Total cost of revenues	0		0
Gross profit	0		0
Selling, general and administrative expenses	0		0
Merger related costs	0		0
Restructuring charge	0		0
Non-rental depreciation and amortization	0		0
Operating (loss) income	0		0
Interest (income) expense, net	(1)		(2)
Other (income) expense, net	0		0
Income (loss) before provision for income taxes	1		2
Provision for income taxes	0		0
Income (loss) before equity in net earnings (loss) of subsidiaries	1		2
Equity in net earnings (loss) of subsidiaries	(139)		(124)
Net income	(138)		(122)
Other comprehensive (loss) income	250		107
Comprehensive income	$ 112		$ (15)

[1] Reflected in our condensed consolidated statements of income as “Restructuring charge.” These charges are not allocated to our reportable segments.

[2] There were no material reclassifications from accumulated other comprehensive loss reflected in other comprehensive loss during 2015 or 2014. There is no tax impact related to the foreign currency translation adjustments, as the earnings are considered permanently reinvested. There were no material taxes associated with other comprehensive loss during 2015 or 2014.