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Amount of short-term and long-term debt and lease obligation.

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Amount of debt and lease obligation, classified as current.

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Amount of assets pledged to secure a debt instrument.

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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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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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Present value of lessee's discounted obligation for lease payments from finance lease.

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The total amount of the contingent obligation under letters of credit outstanding as of the reporting date.

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Average amount borrowed under the credit facility during the period.

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The effective interest rate at the end of the reporting period.

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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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Amount of borrowing capacity currently available under the credit facility (current borrowing capacity less the amount of borrowings outstanding).

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Amount, excluding unamortized premium (discount) and debt issuance cost, of long-term debt. Excludes lease obligation.

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Debt (Schedule of long-term debt instruments) (Details) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022	Nov. 30, 2022
Debt Instrument
Finance leases	$ 166,000,000	$ 123,000,000
Total debt	11,648,000,000	11,370,000,000
Less short-term portion	(156,000,000)	(161,000,000)
Total long-term debt	11,492,000,000	11,209,000,000
Accounts Receivable Securitization Facility expiring 2024 \| Line of Credit
Debt Instrument
Long-term debt	879,000,000	959,000,000
Borrowing capacity, net of letters of credit	$ 220,000,000
Interest rate at March 31, 2023	5.70%
Average month-end debt outstanding	$ 966,000,000
Weighted-average interest rate on average debt outstanding	5.60%
Maximum month-end debt outstanding	$ 1,100,000,000
Collateral amount	1,348,000,000
Term loan facility expiring 2025
Debt Instrument
Long-term debt	$ 951,000,000	953,000,000
Annual repayment rate	1.00%
Term loan facility \| Line of Credit
Debt Instrument
Borrowing capacity, net of letters of credit	$ 0
Interest rate at March 31, 2023	6.60%
Average month-end debt outstanding	$ 957,000,000
Weighted-average interest rate on average debt outstanding	6.40%
Maximum month-end debt outstanding	$ 958,000,000
Repurchase facility \| Line of Credit
Debt Instrument
Interest rate at March 31, 2023	5.90%
Average month-end debt outstanding	$ 100,000,000
Weighted-average interest rate on average debt outstanding	5.70%
Maximum month-end debt outstanding	$ 100,000,000
Line of Credit \| $4.25 billion ABL Facility expiring 2027
Debt Instrument
Maximum borrowing capacity		4,250,000,000
Long-term debt	1,838,000,000	1,523,000,000
Borrowing capacity, net of letters of credit	2,336,000,000
Letters of credit	$ 67,000,000
Interest rate at March 31, 2023	5.90%
Average month-end debt outstanding	$ 1,750,000,000
Weighted-average interest rate on average debt outstanding	5.70%
Maximum month-end debt outstanding	$ 1,848,000,000
Senior notes \| 5 1/2 percent Senior Notes due 2027
Debt Instrument
Stated interest rate	5.50%
Long-term debt	$ 498,000,000	498,000,000
Senior notes \| 3 7/8 percent Senior Secured Notes due 2027
Debt Instrument
Stated interest rate	3.875%
Long-term debt	$ 745,000,000	744,000,000
Senior notes \| 4 7/8 percent Senior Notes due 2028
Debt Instrument
Stated interest rate	4.875%
Long-term debt	$ 1,663,000,000	1,663,000,000
Senior notes \| 6 percent Senior Secured Notes due 2029
Debt Instrument
Stated interest rate	6.00%		6.00%
Long-term debt	$ 1,486,000,000	1,486,000,000
Senior notes \| 5 1/4 percent Senior Notes due 2030
Debt Instrument
Stated interest rate	5.25%
Long-term debt	$ 744,000,000	744,000,000
Senior notes \| 4 percent Senior Notes due 2030
Debt Instrument
Stated interest rate	4.00%
Long-term debt	$ 744,000,000	743,000,000
Senior notes \| 3 7/8 percent Senior Notes due 2031
Debt Instrument
Stated interest rate	3.875%
Long-term debt	$ 1,090,000,000	1,090,000,000
Senior notes \| 3 3/4 percent Senior Notes due 2032
Debt Instrument
Stated interest rate	3.75%
Long-term debt	$ 744,000,000	744,000,000
Senior notes \| 4 7/8 percent Senior Notes due 2028, one
Debt Instrument
Long-term debt	1,659,000,000
Senior notes \| 4 7/8 percent Senior Notes due 2028, two
Debt Instrument
Long-term debt	4,000,000
Repurchase facility \| Repurchase facility expiring 2023
Debt Instrument
Long-term debt	$ 100,000,000	$ 100,000,000