Debt Instrument, Convertible, Minimum Threshold Carrying Amount of Equity Component

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Debt Instrument, Convertible, Minimum Threshold Carrying Amount of Liquidity Component

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Debt Instrument, Debt Covenant, Required Debt To Capital Covenant, Percentage

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Debt Instrument, Debt Covenant, Required Interest Coverage Covenant, Ratio

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Face (par) amount of debt instrument at time of issuance.

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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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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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Reflects the total carrying amount as of the balance sheet date of debt having initial terms less than one year or the normal operating cycle, if longer.

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Debt - Narrative (Details) $ in Millions, € in Billions, £ in Billions	3 Months Ended
	Feb. 28, 2022 USD ($)	Feb. 28, 2022 EUR (€)	Feb. 28, 2022 GBP (£)	Nov. 30, 2021 USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Short-term borrowings	$ 2,741			$ 2,790
Debt instrument, convertible, equity component minimum threshold	5,000
Debt instrument, convertible, liquidity component minimum threshold	$ 1,500
February 28, 2023 and May 31, 2023 testing dates
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, debt covenant, required interest coverage covenant, ratio	2.0
August 31, 2023 and November 30, 2023 testing dates
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, debt covenant, required interest coverage covenant, ratio	2.5
February 28, 2024 testing date onwards
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, debt covenant, required interest coverage covenant, ratio	3.0
Before November 30, 2021 testing date
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, debt covenant, required debt to capital covenant (percent)	75.00%
November 30, 2021 until May 31, 2023 test date
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, debt covenant, required debt to capital covenant (percent)	65.00%
Unsecured Debt \| Revolving Credit Facility, Multi-currency, U.S. Dollar-denominated
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of credit	$ 1,700
Unsecured Debt \| Revolving Credit Facility, Multi-currency, Euro-denominated
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of credit \| €		€ 1.0
Unsecured Debt \| Revolving Credit Facility, Multi-currency, Sterling-denominated
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of credit \| £			£ 0.2
Export credit facility \| Export Credit Facility Due 2034
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, face amount	$ 2,300