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Percentage points added to the reference rate to compute the variable rate on the debt instrument.

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Amount of long-term debt before deduction of unamortized discount or premium. Includes, but is not limited to, notes payable, bonds payable, commercial loans, mortgage loans, convertible debt, subordinated debt and other types of debt, with initial maturities beyond one year or the normal operating cycle, if longer.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
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The reference rate for the variable rate of the debt instrument, such as LIBOR or the US Treasury rate and the maturity of the reference rate used, such as three months or six months LIBOR.

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

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-SubTopic 30
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Effective interest rate for the funds borrowed under the debt agreement considering interest compounding and original issue discount or premium.

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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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Description of debt redemption features under terms of the debt agreement.

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-Topic 942
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-Section 50
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Percentage of principal amount of debt redeemed.

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Long-term Debt and Debt Facility Agreements - Long-term Debt (Parenthetical) (Detail) - EUR (€) € in Billions	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
4.00% Senior Notes due 2025
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument interest rate		4.00%	4.00%
Debt instrument maturity date		2025	2025
3.30% Senior Notes due 2021
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument interest rate		3.30%	3.30%
Debt instrument maturity date		2021	2021
3.00% Senior Notes due 2020
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument interest rate		3.00%	3.00%
Debt instrument maturity date		2020	2020
3.65% Senior Notes due 2023
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument interest rate		3.65%	3.65%
Debt instrument maturity date		2023	2023
2.35% Senior Notes due 2018
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument interest rate		2.35%	2.35%
Debt instrument maturity date		2018	2018
4.20% Senior Notes due 2021
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument interest rate		4.20%	4.20%
Debt instrument maturity date		2021	2021
1.25% Senior Notes due 2017
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument interest rate		1.25%	1.25%
Debt instrument maturity date		2017	2017
2.40% Senior Notes due 2022
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument interest rate		2.40%	2.40%
Debt instrument maturity date		2022	2022
3.63% Senior Notes due 2022
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument interest rate		3.63%	3.63%
Debt instrument maturity date		2022	2022
1.50% Guaranteed Notes due 2019
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument interest rate	1.50%	1.50%	1.50%
Debt instrument maturity date	2019	2019	2019
Guaranteed notes face amount	€ 0.5
Long-term debt, carrying amount	€ 0.5
Senior note floating interest rate		three-month LIBOR plus approximately 64 basis points.
1.50% Guaranteed Notes due 2019 \| London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis points	0.64%
1.90% Senior Notes due 2017
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument interest rate		1.90%	1.90%
Debt instrument maturity date		2017	2017
1.95% Senior Notes due 2016
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument interest rate		1.95%	1.95%
Debt instrument maturity date		2016	2016
2.65% Senior Notes due 2016
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument interest rate		2.65%	2.65%
Debt instrument maturity date		2016	2016
Effective interest rate on euro denominated debt			2.39%
Cameron Merger Agreement
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument redemption description		If the closing of the Cameron merger does not occur on or prior to August 25, 2016 (which may be extended to November 25, 2016 under certain circumstances) or if the Cameron merger agreement is terminated at any time prior thereto, these notes will be subject to a special mandatory redemption. The special mandatory redemption price will be equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of the notes that are redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest.
Debt instrument, redemption price percentage		101.00%
Euro Medium Term Note Program
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Guaranteed notes face amount		€ 5.0