Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Goodwill, Impairment Loss

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- Definition

Spinoff, Conversion, Number of New Shares Distributed for Every Existing Share

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- Definition

Amount of consideration received or receivable for the disposal of assets and liabilities, including discontinued operation.

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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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- Definition

The distributions of earnings to an entity that is affiliated with the reporting entity by means of direct or indirect ownership.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Glossary Financing Activities

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 230

-SubTopic 10

-Section 45

-Paragraph 15

-Subparagraph (a)

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Discontinued Operations - Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions		3 Months Ended			9 Months Ended
	Jul. 17, 2015	Sep. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2014	Jul. 16, 2015
Discontinued Operations, Disposed Of By Means Other Than Sale, Spinoff \| PayPal
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Cash and cash equivalents distributed to Paypal	$ 1,600
Discontinued Operations, Disposed Of By Means Other Than Sale, Spinoff \| Common Stock \| PayPal
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Number of Paypal shares distributed for every share of eBay	1
Discontinued Operations, Held-for-sale \| Enterprise
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Goodwill impairment		$ 0	$ 786	$ 0	$ 786	$ 0
Disposal consideration							$ 925