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Extinguishment Of Debt, Early Termination Premium

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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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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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Gross amount of debt extinguished.

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Amount of the cost of borrowed funds accounted for as interest expense for debt.

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Amount of cash outflow for cost from early extinguishment and prepayment of debt. Includes, but is not limited to, third-party cost, premium paid, and other fee paid to lender directly for debt extinguishment or debt prepayment. Excludes accrued interest.

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The cash outflow during the period from the repayment of aggregate short-term and long-term debt. Excludes payment of capital lease obligations.

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Debt - Public Debt (Details) - USD ($)							3 Months Ended				9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Debt - Public Debt (Details) - USD ($)	Sep. 02, 2021	Sep. 01, 2021	May 03, 2021	Jan. 15, 2021	May 21, 2020	Apr. 06, 2020	Dec. 31, 2021	Sep. 30, 2021	Jun. 30, 2021	Jun. 30, 2020	Sep. 30, 2020	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019	Apr. 24, 2020
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Early redemption of debt	$ 600,000,000
Early termination premium										$ 35,000,000
Debt prepayment cost												$ 138,000,000	$ 59,000,000	$ 0
Interest expense											$ 17,000,000
5.125% Notes, due 2024
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Early redemption of debt							$ 100,000,000	$ 100,000,000
Long- term debt, interest rate							5.125%	5.125%				5.125%
Repurchase of debt							$ 111,000,000	$ 111,000,000
Early termination premium							10,000,000	10,000,000
Interest expense							$ 1,000,000	$ 1,000,000
6.875% Notes, due 2025
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long- term debt, interest rate	6.875%						6.875%					6.875%			6.875%
Early termination premium	$ 105,000,000
Interest expense	$ 14,000,000
Aggregate principal amount															$ 1,200,000,000
Deferred financing costs										14,000,000
3.000% Notes due 2029
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Early redemption of debt		$ 700,000,000
Long- term debt, interest rate		3.00%
5.870% Notes, due 2022(2)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Early redemption of debt			$ 476,000,000		$ 151,000,000
Long- term debt, interest rate					5.87%								5.87%
Early termination premium									$ 23,000,000
Debt prepayment cost			503,000,000
Debt prepayment, accrued interest			$ 5,000,000
Interest expense											$ 4,000,000
5.400% Notes, due 2021
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Early redemption of debt				$ 361,000,000	$ 589,000,000	$ 300,000,000
Long- term debt, interest rate				5.40%	5.40%	5.40%							5.40%
Early termination premium				$ 5,000,000
Debt prepayment cost						$ 315,000,000
Interest expense										$ 24,000,000
6.150% Notes, due 2020
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Early redemption of debt						$ 1,000,000,000
Long- term debt, interest rate						6.15%
Debt prepayment cost						$ 1,020,000,000