Debt Instrument, Covenant, Minimum Liquidity Amount

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Debt Instrument, Covenant, Pro Forma Liquidity Required For Distribution

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Debt Instrument, Reference Rate

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Percentage points added to the reference rate to compute the variable rate on the debt instrument.

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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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The total amount of the contingent obligation under letters of credit outstanding as of the reporting date.

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The effective interest rate during the reporting period.

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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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The fee, expressed as a percentage of the line of credit facility, for available but unused credit capacity under the credit facility.

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The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the current portion 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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Amount of cash inflow from contractual arrangement with the lender, including but not limited to, letter of credit, standby letter of credit and revolving credit arrangements.

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Amount of cash outflow for payment of an obligation from a lender, including but not limited to, letter of credit, standby letter of credit and revolving credit arrangements.

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DEBT - Revolving Credit Facility (Details) - USD ($)	1 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
DEBT - Revolving Credit Facility (Details) - USD ($)	Aug. 31, 2019	Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2019	Dec. 31, 2020	Oct. 31, 2020	Apr. 30, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Revolving Credit Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Revolving credit facility maximum borrowing capacity	$ 2,000,000,000.0	$ 2,000,000,000.0
Term of revolving credit facility	5 years	5 years
Line of credit, outstanding				$ 0			$ 0
Proceeds from borrowings under credit facility			$ 400,000,000
Repayments of borrowings under credit facility			$ 400,000,000
Weighted-average interest rate			3.50%
Debt instrument, minimum liquidity covenant, amount						$ 4,500,000,000
Debt instrument, covenant, required minimum liquidity on a pro forma basis required for cash distribution and share repurchases					$ 6,000,000,000.0
Revolving Credit Facility \| Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Revolving credit facility commitment fee percentage on undrawn balances	0.07%
Revolving Credit Facility \| Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Revolving credit facility commitment fee percentage on undrawn balances	0.20%
Revolving Credit Facility \| Rate 1 \| London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) \| Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Reference rate	0.00%
Revolving credit facility interest rate	0.875%
Revolving Credit Facility \| Rate 1 \| London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) \| Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Revolving credit facility interest rate	1.50%
Revolving Credit Facility \| Rate 2B \| U. S. Federal Funds Rate
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Revolving credit facility interest rate	0.50%
Revolving Credit Facility \| Rate 2C \| Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Revolving credit facility interest rate	0.00%
Revolving Credit Facility \| Rate 2C \| Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Revolving credit facility interest rate	0.50%
Revolving Credit Facility \| Rate 2C \| One Month LIBOR
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Revolving credit facility interest rate	1.00%
Revolving Credit Facility \| Rate 2C \| One Month LIBOR \| Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Reference rate	0.00%
Letter of Credit
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Revolving credit facility maximum borrowing capacity	$ 80,000,000
Letters of credit outstanding				$ 4,000,000			$ 5,000,000
Swingline Loans
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Revolving credit facility maximum borrowing capacity	$ 100,000,000