Percentage of PSUs earned

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- Definition

Period to attain goals related to Company performance and relative total shareholder returns against peers

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- Definition

The number of outstanding awards on nonstock option plans.

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Value of shares settled

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Estimated period over which an employee is required to provide service in exchange for the equity-based payment award, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Period over which grantee's right to exercise award under share-based payment arrangement is no longer contingent on satisfaction of service or performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days. Includes, but is not limited to, combination of market, performance or service condition.

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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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Number of shares authorized for issuance under share-based payment arrangement.

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Share-Based Compensation Share-Based Compensation (Performance Share Units Award Activity) (Details) - USD ($) shares in Millions, $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Performance Shares [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Period to attain goals related to Company performance and relative total shareholder returns against peers	3 years
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Award Requisite Service Period	3 years
Share Based Compensation Arrangement by Share Based Payment Award, Other than Options, Outstanding, Number	0.4	0.3	0.2
Value of shares settled	$ 19	$ 16	$ 13
Performance Shares [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Percentage of PSUs earned	0.00%
Performance Shares [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Percentage of PSUs earned	175.00%	175.00%	200.00%
Franchise Advisor Deferral Plan [Member] \| Performance Shares [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Number of Shares Authorized	12.5
Franchise Consultant Growth Bonus [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Award vesting period	3 years
Franchise Consultant Growth Bonus [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Award vesting period	4 years