Debt Instrument, Covenant, Debt To EBITDA Ratio, Maximum

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Debt Instrument, Covenant, EBITDA To Annual Interest Expense Ratio, Minimum

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Debt Instrument, Maturity Date Extension

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Debt Instrument, Periodic Payment, Principal, Percent

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Line Of Credit Facility, Increase Limit

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

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

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 835
-SubTopic 30
-Section 55
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Period of time between issuance and maturity of debt instrument, in PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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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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-Publisher SEC
-Name Regulation S-X (SX)
-Number 210
-Section 02
-Paragraph 19, 20, 22
-Article 5

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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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Subsequent Event (Details)	Feb. 01, 2016 USD ($)	Feb. 17, 2012 USD ($)
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Line of credit facility, increase limit		$ 250,000,000
February 1, 2016 Credit Agreement \| Subsequent event \| Line of Credit
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Debt instrument term	5 years
Unsecured revolving credit facility	$ 1,500,000,000.0
Debt to EBITDA ratio (not greater than)	3.25
EBITDA to interest payable ratio (not less than)	3.00
Periodic principal payment percentage	2.50%
February 1, 2016 Credit Agreement \| Subsequent event \| Line of Credit \| Term Loan
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Unsecured term loan	$ 500,000,000
February 1, 2016 Credit Agreement \| Subsequent event \| Line of Credit \| Term Loan \| Base Rate \| Minimum
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate	0.125%
February 1, 2016 Credit Agreement \| Subsequent event \| Line of Credit \| Term Loan \| Base Rate \| Maximum
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate	0.875%
February 1, 2016 Credit Agreement \| Subsequent event \| Line of Credit \| Term Loan \| LIBOR \| Minimum
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate	1.125%
February 1, 2016 Credit Agreement \| Subsequent event \| Line of Credit \| Term Loan \| LIBOR \| Maximum
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate	1.875%
February 1, 2016 Credit Agreement \| Subsequent event \| Line of Credit \| Revolving Credit Facility
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Unsecured revolving credit facility	$ 1,000,000,000
Line of credit facility, increase limit	$ 750,000,000
Unsecured revolving credit facility extension	2
Long-term line of credit, outstanding	$ 250,000,000
February 1, 2016 Credit Agreement \| Subsequent event \| Line of Credit \| Revolving Credit Facility \| Base Rate \| Minimum
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate	0.00%
February 1, 2016 Credit Agreement \| Subsequent event \| Line of Credit \| Revolving Credit Facility \| Base Rate \| Maximum
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate	0.50%
February 1, 2016 Credit Agreement \| Subsequent event \| Line of Credit \| Revolving Credit Facility \| LIBOR \| Minimum
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate	0.90%
February 1, 2016 Credit Agreement \| Subsequent event \| Line of Credit \| Revolving Credit Facility \| LIBOR \| Maximum
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate	1.50%