Contingencies and Litigation - Brazil Contingencies (Details) - USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Liens on Brazilian assets	$ 0	$ 0
Brazil Contingencies
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Tax contingency - unreserved	442,000,000	500,000,000
Escrow cash deposits	51,000,000	58,000,000
Surety bonds	135,000,000	106,000,000
Letters of credit	91,000,000	104,000,000
Liens on Brazilian assets	$ 0	$ 0

The designation of funds furnished by a borrower to a lender to assure future payments of the borrower's real estate taxes and insurance obligations with respect to a mortgaged property. Escrow deposits may be made for a variety of other purposes such as earnest money and contingent payments. This element excludes replacement reserves which are an escrow separately provided for within the US GAAP taxonomy.

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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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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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The difference between the maximum amount of estimated loss and the amount recorded as of the balance sheet date.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 450
-SubTopic 20
-Section 05
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Assets involved in contingency matters, resulting in a lien

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Surety Bonds Outstanding, Amount

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