Debt Instrument, Covenant, Consolidated Leverage Ratio For Four Fiscal Quarters Following Material Acquisition, Maximum

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Debt Instrument, Covenant, Consolidated Leverage Ratio, Maximum

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Debt, Weighted Average Remaining Term

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The amount of the line of credit that is reserved to support our commercial paper program.

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Line of Credit Facility, Allowable Increase in Borrowing Capacity, Maximum

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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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Period of time between issuance and maturity of debt instrument, in PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Weighted average interest rate of debt outstanding.

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The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the current and noncurrent portions of long-term obligations drawn from a line of credit, which is a bank's commitment to make loans up to a specific amount. Examples of items that might be included in the application of this element may consist of letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a maximum amount as of any point in time conditional on satisfaction of specified terms before, as of and after the date of drawdowns on the line. Includes short-term obligations that would normally be classified as current liabilities but for which (a) postbalance sheet date issuance of a long term obligation to refinance the short term obligation on a long term basis, or (b) the enterprise has entered into a financing agreement that clearly permits the enterprise to refinance the short-term obligation on a long term basis and the following conditions are met (1) the agreement does not expire within 1 year and is not cancelable by the lender except for violation of an objectively determinable provision, (2) no violation exists at the BS date, and (3) the lender has entered into the financing agreement is expected to be financially capable of honoring the agreement.

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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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Debt - Commercial Paper and Credit Agreement (Details)	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended
Debt - Commercial Paper and Credit Agreement (Details)	Mar. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Nov. 30, 2015 USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Allowable increase in borrowing capacity, maximum	$ 1,000,000,000
Maximum consolidated leverage ratio	4.0
Maximum consolidated leverage ratio following a material acquisition	4.5
Commercial Paper
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Amount outstanding		$ 400,000,000
Weighted average interest rate		0.20%
Weighted average remaining term		25 days
Commercial Paper \| Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt term		397 days
Commercial Paper \| Revolving Credit Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Borrowing capacity reserved, commercial paper		$ 1,500,000,000
Unsecured Debt \| Revolving Credit Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt term	5 years
Amount outstanding		0
Maximum borrowing capacity	$ 2,000,000,000		$ 2,000,000,000
Remaining borrowing capacity		$ 1,600,000,000