Leases - Future Minimum Direct Finance Lease Payments to be Received (Detail) $ in Millions	Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($)
Leases [Abstract]
Minimum lease payments to be received, 2019	$ 1
Minimum lease payments to be received, 2020	2
Minimum lease payments to be received, 2021	2
Minimum lease payments to be received, 2022	2
Minimum lease payments to be received, 2023	2
Minimum lease payments to be received, Thereafter	25
Minimum lease payments to be received, Total	34
Executory costs, Total	(13)
Minimum lease payments receivable	$ 21

Direct financing leases lease receivable payments to be received.

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- Definition

Direct financing leases lease receivable payments to be received five years.

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Direct financing leases lease receivable payments to be received four years.

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- Definition

Direct financing leases lease receivable payments to be received remainder of fiscal year.

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Direct financing leases lease receivable payments to be received thereafter.

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- Definition

Direct financing leases lease receivable payments to be received three years.

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Direct financing leases lease receivable payments to be received two years.

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Direct financing leases lease receivable undiscounted excess amount.

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Present value of lease payments not yet received by lessor and amount expected to be derived from underlying asset, following end of lease term, guaranteed by lessee or other third party unrelated to lessor, from direct financing lease.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 842
-SubTopic 30
-Section 50
-Paragraph 6
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=119202524&loc=SL77919379-209981

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