Debt, Long-term And Short-term, Combined Amount, Gross And Lease Obligation

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Amount, before unamortized (discount) premium and debt issuance costs, of long-term debt. Includes, but is not limited to, notes payable, bonds payable, commercial loans, mortgage loans, convertible debt, subordinated debt and other types of debt.

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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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Amount, after accumulated amortization, of debt discount (premium).

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- Definition

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

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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, after unamortized (discount) premium and debt issuance costs, of long-term debt. Includes, but not limited to, notes payable, bonds payable, debentures, mortgage loans and commercial paper. Excludes capital lease obligations.

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Amount of long-term debt and lease obligation, classified as noncurrent.

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Amount of long-term debt and lease obligation, classified as current.

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Amount of long-term debt and lease obligation, including portion classified as current.

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Reflects the total carrying amount as of the balance sheet date of debt having initial terms less than one year or the normal operating cycle, if longer.

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Debt - Carrying Values of Debt Instruments (Details) - USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2020	Aug. 31, 2020	Feb. 29, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019	Aug. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2013
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Finance leases	$ 210,100,000			$ 119,300,000
Long-term debt, gross and lease obligation	8,887,200,000			8,788,600,000
Adjustments	(108,400,000)			(100,100,000)
Total Debt	8,778,800,000			8,688,500,000
Less: current portion	(184,300,000)			(929,900,000)
Long-term portion	8,594,500,000			7,758,600,000
Revolving Credit Facility \| Line of Credit
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity	2,250,000,000					$ 2,250,000,000
Credit Facilities: Uncommitted Credit Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal	0			11,600,000
Adjustments	0			0
Carrying Value	0			11,600,000
Credit facilities: August 2021
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Adjustments	0			0
Short-term Debt	0			0
Credit facilities: August 2021 \| Revolving Credit Facility \| Line of Credit
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity	1,000,000,000.0	$ 1,000,000,000.0
Credit facilities: June 2023
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal	0			184,400,000
Adjustments	0			0
Carrying Value	$ 0			184,400,000
Senior notes: March 2020
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest Rate	5.00%				5.00%
Principal	$ 0			850,000,000.0
Adjustments	0			(100,000)
Carrying Value	$ 0			849,900,000
Senior notes: November 2021
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest Rate	5.25%
Principal	$ 0			600,000,000.0
Adjustments	0			(800,000)
Carrying Value	$ 0			599,200,000
Senior notes: June 2022
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest Rate	3.55%
Principal	$ 850,000,000.0			850,000,000.0
Adjustments	(1,800,000)			(2,600,000)
Carrying Value	$ 848,200,000			847,400,000
Senior notes: May 2023
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest Rate	4.75%						4.75%
Principal	$ 550,000,000.0			550,000,000.0
Adjustments	10,500,000			2,600,000
Carrying Value	$ 560,500,000			552,600,000
Senior notes: August 2024
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest Rate	2.50%		2.30%		2.50%
Principal	$ 900,000,000.0			900,000,000.0
Adjustments	(7,000,000.0)			(8,300,000)
Carrying Value	$ 893,000,000.0			891,700,000
Senior notes: March 2025
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest Rate	3.20%
Principal	$ 500,000,000.0			500,000,000.0
Adjustments	(3,100,000)			(3,600,000)
Carrying Value	$ 496,900,000			496,400,000
Senior notes: July 2026
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest Rate	2.90%
Principal	$ 500,000,000.0			500,000,000.0
Adjustments	(3,500,000)			(3,900,000)
Carrying Value	$ 496,500,000			496,100,000
Senior notes: November 2027
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest Rate	3.375%
Principal	$ 650,000,000.0			650,000,000.0
Adjustments	(4,600,000)			(5,200,000)
Carrying Value	$ 645,400,000			644,800,000
Senior notes: May 2028
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest Rate	3.95%
Principal	$ 800,000,000.0			800,000,000.0
Adjustments	(14,500,000)			(15,700,000)
Carrying Value	$ 785,500,000			784,300,000
Senior notes: March 2030
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest Rate	2.30%		2.30%
Principal	$ 600,000,000.0			0
Adjustments	(6,700,000)			0
Carrying Value	$ 593,300,000			0
Senior notes: February 2031
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest Rate	1.45%	1.45%
Principal	$ 650,000,000.0			0
Adjustments	(8,900,000)			0
Carrying Value	$ 641,100,000			0
Senior notes: March 2035
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest Rate	6.086%
Principal	$ 181,900,000			181,900,000
Adjustments	(13,500,000)			(13,900,000)
Carrying Value	$ 168,400,000			168,000,000.0
Senior notes: March 2040
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest Rate	6.20%
Principal	$ 399,900,000			399,900,000
Adjustments	(3,700,000)			(3,700,000)
Carrying Value	$ 396,200,000			396,200,000
Senior notes: May 2041
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest Rate	5.70%
Principal	$ 385,700,000			385,700,000
Adjustments	(5,100,000)			(5,300,000)
Carrying Value	$ 380,600,000			380,400,000
Senior notes: March 2050
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest Rate	3.05%		3.05%
Principal	$ 400,000,000.0			0
Adjustments	(7,300,000)			0
Carrying Value	$ 392,700,000			0
Debentures: May 2021
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest Rate	9.25%
Principal	$ 35,300,000			35,300,000
Adjustments	(200,000)			(400,000)
Carrying Value	$ 35,100,000			34,900,000
Debentures: September 2035
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest Rate	7.40%
Principal	$ 148,100,000			148,100,000
Adjustments	(32,400,000)			(33,000,000.0)
Carrying Value	115,700,000			115,100,000
Tax-exempt: 2020 - 2049
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal	1,126,200,000			1,122,400,000
Adjustments	(6,600,000)			(6,200,000)
Carrying Value	$ 1,119,600,000			$ 1,116,200,000
Tax-exempt: 2020 - 2049 \| Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest Rate	0.25%
Tax-exempt: 2020 - 2049 \| Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest Rate	0.875%
Finance leases: 2019-2046 \| Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest Rate	1.882%
Finance leases: 2019-2046 \| Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest Rate	12.203%