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Final price paid per share for the purchase of the targeted number of shares, determined by an average market price over a fixed period of time.

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Amount of cash receipt from (payment to) bank; or stock received from (issuance to) bank in the settlement of the accelerated share repurchase agreement.

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

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Accelerated Share Repurchase Program - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, shares in Millions		1 Months Ended	2 Months Ended
	Mar. 01, 2022	Apr. 30, 2022	Apr. 30, 2022
Accelerated Share Repurchases [Line Items]
Accelerated share repurchases, final price paid per share (in usd per share)			$ 324.20
Accelerated Share Repurchases
Accelerated Share Repurchases [Line Items]
Treasury shares repurchased (in shares)			1.5
March 1, 2022
Accelerated Share Repurchases [Line Items]
Accelerated share repurchases, total Value committed to repurchase	$ 500,000,000
Accelerated share repurchase payment	$ 500,000,000
March 1, 2022 \| Accelerated Share Repurchases
Accelerated Share Repurchases [Line Items]
Treasury shares repurchased (in shares)	1.2
April 25, 2022 \| Accelerated Share Repurchases
Accelerated Share Repurchases [Line Items]
Treasury shares repurchased (in shares)		0.3