Debt Instrument, Extended Term

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Number Of Credit Facilities

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Reflects the calculation as of the balance sheet date of the average interest rate weighted by the average outstanding amount of short-term debt outstanding by type or by instrument at that time.

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- Definition

Sum of the carrying values as of the balance sheet date of all debt, including all short-term borrowings, long-term debt, and capital lease obligations.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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- Definition

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

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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- Definition

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

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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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- Definition

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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- Definition

For the form of debt having an initial term of less than one year or less than the normal operating cycle, if longer, average borrowings during the period.

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Debt (Details)		3 Months Ended
Debt (Details)	Feb. 02, 2016 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2016 EUR (€)	Mar. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Mar. 01, 2016 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) credit_facility	Feb. 02, 2015 USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Number of credit facilities \| credit_facility						2
Commercial paper [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total debt				$ 184,000,000		$ 50,000,000
Weighted average commercial paper outstanding		$ 177,000,000
Weighted-average interest rates (as a percent)		0.11%
3.875% due in December 2025 [Member] \| Notes Payable, Other Payables [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Face amount of debt					$ 750,000,000
Debt interest rate percentage (as a percent)			3.875%	3.875%	3.875%
Credit Facility Expiring March 2017 [Member] \| Line of Credit [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity						$ 400,000,000
Foreign Line of Credit [Member] \| 2020 Facility [Member] \| Line of Credit [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity							$ 900,000,000
Foreign Line of Credit [Member] \| 2021 Facility [Member] \| Line of Credit [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity	$ 900,000,000
Extended term (in years)	1 year
Commercial paper [Member] \| US Commercial Paper Program [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity				$ 900,000,000
Commercial paper [Member] \| European Multi Currency Paper Program [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity \| €			€ 300,000,000