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Line Of Credit Facility Possible Future Increase To Maximum Borrowing Capacity

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Line of Credit, Amount Outstanding

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Standby letters of credit.

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Amount due from customers or clients, within one year of the balance sheet date (or the normal operating cycle, whichever is longer), for goods or services (including trade receivables) that have been delivered or sold in the normal course of business, reduced to the estimated net realizable fair value by an allowance established by the entity of the amount it deems uncertain of collection.

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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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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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The effective interest rate at the end of the reporting period.

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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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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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The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the current portion 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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Amount of long-term loans classified as other, payable after one year or the operating cycle, if longer.

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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 \| Other Credit Facilities (Details) - USD ($)	9 Months Ended
Debt \| Other Credit Facilities (Details) - USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2017	Feb. 27, 2017	Jan. 31, 2017	Sep. 30, 2012
Line of Credit Facility
Accounts Receivable, Net, Current	$ 4,816,963,000		$ 3,047,927,000
Standby Letters Of Credit	28,500,000
Credit Agreement
Line of Credit Facility
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity	1,000,000,000
Line Of Credit Facility Possible Future Increase To Maximum Borrowing Capacity	1,250,000,000
Line of Credit	0		0
Term loan credit agreement
Line of Credit Facility
Other Loans Payable, Long-term, Noncurrent	800,000,000
Debt Instrument, Face Amount		$ 1,000,000,000
Receivables Securitization Program
Line of Credit Facility
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity	750,000,000
Accounts Receivable, Net, Current	1,370,600,000		748,600,000
Line of Credit, Amount Outstanding	0		$ 0
Other Committed And Uncommitted Revolving Credit Facilities
Line of Credit Facility
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity	$ 476,122,000
Line of Credit Facility, Interest Rate at Period End	6.10%		8.35%
Line of Credit, Current			$ 23,700,000
3 year maturity \| Term loan credit agreement
Line of Credit Facility
Repayments of Loans Payable	$ 150,000,000
Other Loans Payable, Long-term, Noncurrent	$ 100,000,000
Debt Instrument, Face Amount		250,000,000
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage	2.73%
5 year maturity \| Term loan credit agreement
Line of Credit Facility
Repayments of Loans Payable	$ 50,000,000
Other Loans Payable, Long-term, Noncurrent	$ 700,000,000
Debt Instrument, Face Amount		$ 750,000,000
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage	2.86%
Other Committed And Uncommitted Revolving Credit Facilities
Line of Credit Facility
Line of Credit			$ 23,680,000
Line of Credit Facility, Interest Rate at Period End	6.10%		8.35%
Other Committed And Uncommitted Revolving Credit Facilities \| Other Committed And Uncommitted Revolving Credit Facilities
Line of Credit Facility
Line of Credit	$ 109,052,000
Senior Notes \| 3.75% Senior Notes
Line of Credit Facility
Debt Instrument, Face Amount	0		$ 350,000,000	$ 350,000,000
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage				3.75%
Debt Instrument, Redemption Price, Discounted Scheduled Payments, Discount Rate, Basis Spread on Variable Rate				0.50%
Senior Notes \| 4.95% Senior Notes
Line of Credit Facility
Debt Instrument, Face Amount	500,000,000		$ 500,000,000
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage			4.95%
Debt Instrument, Redemption Price, Discounted Scheduled Payments, Discount Rate, Basis Spread on Variable Rate		0.40%
Senior Notes \| 3.70% Senior Notes
Line of Credit Facility
Debt Instrument, Face Amount	$ 500,000,000		$ 500,000,000
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage			3.70%
Debt Instrument, Redemption Price, Discounted Scheduled Payments, Discount Rate, Basis Spread on Variable Rate		0.30%