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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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The effective interest rate at the end of the reporting period.

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Long-Term Debt - Summary Of Long-term Debt (Details) - USD ($)		12 Months Ended
	Apr. 19, 2018	Jan. 30, 2021	Feb. 01, 2020	Jan. 30, 2016
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal		$ 3,250,000,000.0	$ 3,800,000,000.0
Unamortized Debt Discount and Issuance Costs		23,800,000	27,800,000
Borrowing capacity		356,500,000
3.70% Senior Notes, due 2023
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Stated percentage	3.70%
4.00% Senior Notes, due 2025
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Stated percentage	4.00%
4.20% Senior Notes, due 2028
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Stated percentage	4.20%
Senior Notes \| 5.00% Senior Notes, due 2021
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal		0	300,000,000.0	$ 300,000,000.0
Unamortized Debt Discount and Issuance Costs		$ 0	(2,400,000)
Stated percentage		5.00%		5.00%
Senior Notes \| Senior Floating Rate Notes, due 2020
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal	$ 750,000,000.0	$ 0	250,000,000.0
Unamortized Debt Discount and Issuance Costs		0	200,000
Senior Notes \| 3.70% Senior Notes, due 2023
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal	$ 1,000,000,000.0	1,000,000,000.0	1,000,000,000.0
Unamortized Debt Discount and Issuance Costs		$ 4,200,000	5,900,000
Stated percentage	3.70%	3.70%
Senior Notes \| 4.00% Senior Notes, due 2025
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal	$ 1,000,000,000.0	$ 1,000,000,000.0	1,000,000,000.0
Unamortized Debt Discount and Issuance Costs		$ 5,100,000	6,200,000
Stated percentage	4.00%	4.00%
Senior Notes \| 4.20% Senior Notes, due 2028
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal	$ 1,250,000,000	$ 1,250,000,000.0	1,250,000,000.0
Unamortized Debt Discount and Issuance Costs		$ 9,200,000	10,200,000
Stated percentage	4.20%	4.20%
Line of Credit
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Borrowing capacity	$ 2,030,000,000.00
Line of Credit \| Revolving Credit Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal		$ 0	0
Unamortized Debt Discount and Issuance Costs		5,300,000	$ 7,700,000
Borrowing capacity	$ 1,250,000,000	$ 1,250,000,000
Interest rate at period end		1.24%
LIBOR \| Senior Notes \| Senior Floating Rate Notes, due 2020
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate	0.70%
LIBOR \| Line of Credit \| Revolving Credit Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate	1.25%	1.125%