Commercial Paper Maturities

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Commercial Paper, Weighted Average Interest Rate

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Commercial Paper Weighted Average Maturity Period

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Line of Credit Facility, Additional Borrowing Capacity

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Line of Credit Facility, Funds Reserved For Commercial Paper Program

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Line of Credit Facility, Unreserved Amount

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Line of Credit facility, Amount Required to Stop Broker-Dealer Subsidiary Commitments

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Face (par) amount of debt instrument at time of issuance.

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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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Face (par) amount of the original debt instrument that was repurchased.

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Amount, before accumulated amortization, of debt issuance costs. Includes, but is not limited to, legal, accounting, underwriting, printing, and registration costs.

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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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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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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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The net cash inflow or cash outflow from issuing (borrowing) and repaying commercial paper.

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Debt - Narrative (Details) - USD ($)	9 Months Ended
Debt - Narrative (Details) - USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2018	Sep. 30, 2017	Aug. 13, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Proceeds from commercial paper	$ (35,000,000)	$ (445,000,000)
Senior notes	7,686,000,000			$ 6,100,000,000
Revolving Credit Facility
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity	3,400,000,000.0
Debt issuance costs	2,000,000
Additional borrowing capacity (up to)	975,000,000
Amount of debt outstanding	0
Amount required to stop broker-dealer subsidiary commitments	105,000,000
Funds available to use for working capital and general and corporate purposes	2,100,000,000
Commercial Paper \| Revolving Credit Facility
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Funds reserved for commercial paper program	$ 1,200,000,000
Weighted average interest rate	2.15%
Weighted average maturity period	23 days
Commercial Paper \| Revolving Credit Facility \| Minimum
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Commercial paper maturities	1 day
Commercial Paper \| Revolving Credit Facility \| Maximum
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Commercial paper maturities	81 days
Senior Notes
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Debt issuance costs	$ 21,000,000
Senior notes			$ 2,250,000,000
Senior Notes \| 2023 Senior Notes (3.45% senior unsecured notes due September 21, 2023)
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Debt instrument, face amount			$ 400,000,000
Interest rate, stated percentage	3.45%		3.45%
Senior Notes \| 2028 Senior Notes (3.75% senior unsecured notes due September 21, 2028)
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Debt instrument, face amount			$ 600,000,000
Interest rate, stated percentage	3.75%		3.75%
Senior Notes \| 2048 Senior Notes (4.25% senior unsecured notes due September 21, 2048)
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Debt instrument, face amount			$ 1,250,000,000
Interest rate, stated percentage	4.25%		4.25%
Senior Notes \| 2018 Senior Notes (2.50% senior unsecured notes due October 15, 2018)
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Interest rate, stated percentage	2.50%		2.50%
Aggregate principal amount to be funded upon redemption			$ 600,000,000
BondPoint and TMC Bonds
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Proceeds from commercial paper	$ (35,000,000)