Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity, Increase (Decrease)

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Number Of Credit Facilities

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

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Difference between the fair value of payments made and the carrying amount of debt which is extinguished prior to maturity.

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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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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 of borrowing capacity currently available under the credit facility (current borrowing capacity less the amount of borrowings outstanding).

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Debt - Narrative (Details)		12 Months Ended
Debt - Narrative (Details)	May 29, 2020 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($) credit_facility	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Feb. 16, 2021 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2020 EUR (€)	Sep. 30, 2020 EUR (€)	Aug. 05, 2020 EUR (€)	Jun. 30, 2020	May 12, 2020 USD ($)	Apr. 01, 2020 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Feb. 27, 2020 USD ($)	Feb. 26, 2020 USD ($)	Nov. 15, 2019 USD ($)	May 02, 2019 USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Loss on extinguishment of debt		$ 7,000,000	$ 0	$ 0
Number of credit facilities \| credit_facility		2
Senior Notes \| 5.00% Senior Notes due September 2020
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt interest rate percentage (as a percent)	5.00%								5.00%
Debt face value	$ 600,000,000
Loss on extinguishment of debt	$ 7,000,000
Senior Notes \| 2.80% Senior Notes due May 2030
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt interest rate percentage (as a percent)		2.80%				2.80%				2.80%
Debt face value										$ 1,000,000,000
Senior Notes \| 2.80% Senior Notes due March 2021
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt interest rate percentage (as a percent)		2.80%				2.80%						2.80%
Debt face value												$ 400,000,000
Senior Notes \| 2.80% Senior Notes due March 2021 \| Subsequent Event
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt redemption, outstanding aggregate principal amount					$ 400,000,000
Senior Notes \| 2.20% Senior Notes due November 2022
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt interest rate percentage (as a percent)		2.20%				2.20%									2.20%
Debt face value															$ 500,000,000
Senior Notes \| 3.75% Senior Notes due May 2029
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt interest rate percentage (as a percent)		3.75%				3.75%										3.75%
Debt face value																$ 750,000,000
Line of Credit
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of credit facility, available credit		$ 1,650,000,000
Credit Facility Expiring February 2022
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of credit outstanding		0
Credit Facility Expiring February 2022 \| Line of Credit
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity		900,000,000
Credit Facility Expiring October 2023
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of credit outstanding		0
Credit Facility Expiring October 2023 \| Line of Credit
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity		750,000,000											$ 750,000,000	$ 400,000,000
Line of credit facility, increase in maximum borrowing capacity													$ 350,000,000
Commercial paper \| European Program
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity \| €						€ 625,000,000	€ 525,000,000	€ 625,000,000
Commercial paper \| U. S. Program
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity		$ 900,000,000									$ 900,000,000
Line of credit facility, increase in maximum borrowing capacity											$ 300,000,000