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Debt principal outstanding.

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Global bank note program.

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Amount of outstanding long-term debt or borrowing associated with any securities or credit agreement for which there has been a default in principal, interest, sinking fund, or redemption provisions, or any breach of covenant that existed at the end of the period and subsequently has not been cured.

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Percentage points added to the reference rate to compute the variable rate on the debt instrument.

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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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Percentage price of original principal amount of debt at which debt can be redeemed by the issuer.

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Period of time between issuance and maturity of debt instrument, in PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Amount of unused borrowing capacity under the long-term financing arrangement that is available to the entity as of the balance sheet date.

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Long-Term Debt - Senior and Subordinated Debt (Details) - USD ($)								12 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2020	Mar. 22, 2019	Feb. 01, 2019	Jul. 26, 2018	Jun. 14, 2016	Mar. 15, 2016	Sep. 05, 2014	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Debt Instrument
Principal amount								$ 1,370,000,000
Debt, outstanding note								14,500,000,000	$ 14,600,000,000
Subsidiaries
Debt Instrument
Global Bank note program								25,000,000,000.0
Debt, available for future issuance								$ 19,100,000,000
Redemption price percentage	100.00%
Subsidiaries \| Medium-Term Senior Notes and Subordinated Bank Notes \| Lower limit
Debt Instrument
Debt term								1 year
Subsidiaries \| Medium-Term Senior Notes and Subordinated Bank Notes \| Upper Limit
Debt Instrument
Debt term								30 years
Subsidiaries \| Senior Notes
Debt Instrument
Principal amount	$ 1,250,000,000
Subsidiaries \| Senior Notes \| Fixed rate 2.875% Notes due 2021
Debt Instrument
Principal amount							$ 850,000,000
Interest rate							2.875%	2.875%
Redemption period prior to maturity date							30 days
Redemption price percentage							100.00%
Subsidiaries \| Senior Notes \| Fixed Rate 2.25% Notes Due 2021
Debt Instrument
Principal amount					$ 1,300,000,000
Interest rate					2.25%			2.25%
Redemption price percentage					100.00%
Subsidiaries \| Senior Notes \| Fixed Rate 3.35% Notes Due 2021
Debt Instrument
Debt term				3 years
Principal amount				$ 500,000,000
Interest rate				3.35%				3.35%
Redemption period prior to maturity date				30 days
Redemption price percentage				100.00%
Debt, outstanding note				$ 1,550,000,000
Subsidiaries \| Senior Notes \| Fixed Rate 3.35% Notes Due 2021 \| LIBOR
Debt Instrument
Basis spread on variable rate (as a percent)				0.53%
Subsidiaries \| Senior Notes \| Floating Rate 0.655% Notes Due 2021
Debt Instrument
Debt term				3 years
Principal amount				$ 300,000,000
Interest rate								0.655%
Subsidiaries \| Senior Notes \| Floating Rate 0.655% Notes Due 2021 \| LIBOR
Debt Instrument
Basis spread on variable rate (as a percent)				0.44%
Subsidiaries \| Senior Notes \| Fixed Rate 3.95% Notes Due 2025
Debt Instrument
Debt term				7 years
Principal amount				$ 750,000,000
Interest rate				3.95%				3.95%
Redemption period prior to maturity date				30 days
Redemption price percentage				100.00%
Subsidiaries \| Senior Notes \| Fixed Rate 3.95% Notes Due 2025 \| LIBOR
Debt Instrument
Basis spread on variable rate (as a percent)				1.04%
Subsidiaries \| Senior Notes \| Floating Rate 0.854% Notes Due 2022
Debt Instrument
Principal amount			$ 300,000,000
Interest rate								0.854%
Redemption period prior to maturity date			30 days
Redemption price percentage			100.00%
Subsidiaries \| Senior Notes \| Floating Rate 0.854% Notes Due 2022 \| LIBOR
Debt Instrument
Basis spread on variable rate (as a percent)			0.64%
Subsidiaries \| Senior Notes \| Fixed Rate 4.00% Notes Due 2027
Debt Instrument
Interest rate		4.00%
Redemption price percentage		100.00%
Issue of senior notes to third party investors		$ 175,000,000
Subsidiaries \| Senior Notes \| Fixed Rate 1.80% Senior Notes Due 2023
Debt Instrument
Debt term	3 years
Principal amount	$ 650,000,000
Interest rate	1.80%							1.80%
Redemption period prior to maturity date	30 days
Redemption price percentage	100.00%
Subsidiaries \| Senior Notes \| Fixed Rate 2.25% Notes Due 2027
Debt Instrument
Debt term	7 years
Principal amount	$ 600,000,000
Interest rate	2.25%							2.25%
Redemption price percentage	100.00%
Subsidiaries \| Subordinated Debt \| Fixed Rate 3.85% Notes Due 2026
Debt Instrument
Principal amount						$ 750,000,000
Interest rate						3.85%		3.85%
Redemption period prior to maturity date						30 days
Redemption price percentage						100.00%
Subsidiaries \| Subordinated Debt \| Fixed Rate 4.00% Notes Due 2027
Debt Instrument
Interest rate								4.00%