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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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Amount, before accumulated amortization, of debt issuance costs. Includes, but is not limited to, legal, accounting, underwriting, printing, and registration costs.

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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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Amount of current borrowing capacity under the credit facility considering any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed (for example, borrowings may be limited by the amount of current assets), but without considering any amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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Fair value of the amount outstanding under the credit facility.

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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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Period between issuance and maturity of long-term debt, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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The cash inflow from additional borrowings, net of cash paid to third parties in connection with debt origination.

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LONG-TERM DEBT AND FINANCING ARRANGEMENTS - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Oct. 01, 2022	Oct. 02, 2021	Oct. 01, 2022	Oct. 02, 2021	Sep. 30, 2022	Aug. 31, 2022	Feb. 28, 2022	Jan. 01, 2022
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Face amount of debt	$ 5,402,800,000		$ 5,402,800,000
Proceeds from debt issuances, net of fees	0	$ 0	992,600,000	$ 0
Underwriting expenses and other fees							$ 7,400,000
Maximum borrowing capacity	3,500,000,000		3,500,000,000
Commercial paper, outstanding	2,600,000,000		2,600,000,000					$ 2,200,000,000
Commercial Paper
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity	3,500,000,000		3,500,000,000
Notes 2.30% Due in 2025
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Face amount of debt	$ 500,000,000.0		$ 500,000,000.0				$ 500,000,000
Interest Rate	2.30%		2.30%				2.30%
Notes 3.00% Due in 2032
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Face amount of debt	$ 500,000,000.0		$ 500,000,000.0				$ 500,000,000.0
Interest Rate	3.00%		3.00%				3.00%
5 Year Credit Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt, term	5 years		5 years
Five-year commercial credit facility	$ 2,500,000,000		$ 2,500,000,000
Amount outstanding	0		0					0
Committed Credit Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Amount of credit facility foreign currency sublimit	$ 814,300,000		$ 814,300,000
September 2021 Credit Agreement
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Commercial paper, outstanding								$ 0
Long-term debt, term					364 days			364 days
Maximum borrowing capacity					$ 1,000,000,000
September 2022 Credit Agreement
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity					$ 3,500,000,000
Long-term debt, term	364 days		364 days		364 days
Amount outstanding	$ 0		$ 0
Maximum borrowing capacity					$ 1,500,000,000
November 2021 Credit Agreement
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt, term					364 days
Five-year commercial credit facility					$ 1,000,000,000
September 2022 Club Credit Agreement
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Commercial paper, outstanding								$ 0
Long-term debt, term					364 days
Amount outstanding	$ 0		$ 0					$ 0
Maximum borrowing capacity					$ 500,000,000
January 2022 Credit Agreement
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Commercial paper, outstanding						$ 0
Long-term debt, term						364 days
Outstanding balance						$ 2,500,000,000