Cash Award Vesting Period in 'PnYnMnD' format.

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The amount of expense for incentive compensation, excluding equity-based compensation expense.

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Number of Individual Annual Award

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- Definition

The total fair value of all equity-based awards for which the grantee gained the right during the reporting period, by satisfying service and performance requirements, to receive or retain shares or units, other instruments, or cash in accordance with the terms of the arrangement.

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Represents the expense recognized during the period arising from equity-based compensation arrangements (for example, shares of stock, unit, stock options or other equity instruments) with employees, directors and certain consultants qualifying for treatment as employees.

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Aggregate carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the liabilities for stock option plans and other equity-based compensation arrangements.

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- Definition

Aggregate proceeds received by the entity during the annual period from exercises of stock or unit options and conversion of similar instruments granted under equity-based payment arrangements.

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- Definition

Unrecognized cost of unvested share-based compensation awards.

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- Definition

Weighted average period over which unrecognized compensation is expected to be recognized for equity-based compensation plans, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Period which an employee's right to exercise an award is no longer contingent on satisfaction of either a service condition, market condition or a performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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- Definition

Amount of cash paid related to share-based compensation liabilities.

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- Definition

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 number of shares (or other type of equity) authorized for issuance under the plan (including the effects of amendments and adjustments), and the sum of: 1) the number of shares (or other type of equity) already issued upon exercise of options or other equity-based awards under the plan; and 2) shares (or other type of equity) reserved for issuance on granting of outstanding awards, net of cancellations and forfeitures, if applicable.

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- Definition

Number of share instruments newly issued under a share-based compensation plan.

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- Definition

Period from grant date that an equity-based award expires, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Stock Compensation - Additional Information (Details) shares in Millions, $ in Millions		12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) award shares	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) award shares	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 USD ($)
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Accrual for cash-settled awards	$ 3	$ 3	$ 6
Stock compensation expense		14	16	$ 16
Total fair value of awards vested		21	13	10
Cash received from the exercise of stock options		2	7	15
Cash paid to settle SARs, RSUs and PSUs		2	2	4
Total unrecognized compensation cost related to nonvested awards granted and expected to vest	$ 19	$ 19
Weighted-average period in which the total unrecognized compensation cost is expected to be recognized	2 years
Number of individual annual awards \| award	3	3
Cash award vesting period	3 years
Expenses for annual cash incentive awards		$ 35	$ 44	$ 47
Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Shares issued \| shares		0.4
Stock vesting period (in years)		3 years
Stock Option And Stock Appreciation Rights [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock vesting period (in years)		3 years
Option maximum term (in years)		10 years
Omnibus Incentive Plan 2012 [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of shares of common stock available for future grant \| shares	4.0	4.0