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SUBSEQUENT EVENTS	9 Months Ended
SUBSEQUENT EVENTS	Sep. 30, 2020
Subsequent Events [Abstract]
SUBSEQUENT EVENTS	SUBSEQUENT EVENTS On October 21, 2020, the Company completed the acquisition of Acquire Media (AM), an aggregator and distributor of curated real-time news, multimedia, data, and alerts. The purchase price for this acquisition was not material and the near-term impact to the Company's financial statements is not expected to be material. On October 27, 2020, the Board approved the declaration of a quarterly dividend of $0.56 per share of Moody’s common stock, payable on December 14, 2020 to shareholders of record at the close of business on November 23, 2020.