Represents the completion of accelerated share repurchase.

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Common Shares Repurchased Accelerated Share Repurchase Agreements

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Initial shares received as part of an accelerated share repurchase program.

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Final price paid per share for the purchase of the targeted number of shares, determined by an average market price over a fixed period of time.

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Securities (including those issuable pursuant to contingent stock agreements) that could potentially dilute basic earnings per share (EPS) or earnings per unit (EPU) in the future that were not included in the computation of diluted EPS or EPU because to do so would increase EPS or EPU amounts or decrease loss per share or unit amounts for the period presented.

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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 of stock repurchase plan authorized.

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Net income per common share - Additional Information (Details) - Accelerate share repurchase - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions			1 Months Ended	2 Months Ended	6 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 09, 2021	May 03, 2021	Aug. 26, 2022	Mar. 02, 2022	Jul. 12, 2022	Sep. 30, 2022	Sep. 30, 2021
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share, Amount						699,181
Initial shares received as part of an accelerated share repurchase program		3,785,831	2,339,241	3,483,942		2,339,241
Stock repurchase program authorized amount		$ 350	$ 231			$ 231	$ 350
Additional common shares repurchased	828,965				1,582,922
Accelerated share repurchase completed					$ 400	$ 400
Accelerated share repurchases price paid per share	$ 75.8430				$ 78.9443