OTHER NON-CURRENT ASSETS - ALLOWANCE FOR DOUBTFUL ACCOUNTS (DETAILS) - Long-term receivables - USD ($) $ in Millions |
12 Months Ended | |
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Dec. 31, 2015 |
Dec. 31, 2014 |
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| Allowance for Doubtful Accounts Related to Long Term Receivables | ||
| Beginning balance | $ 153 | $ 196 |
| Bad debt provisions | 11 | 11 |
| Recoveries | (20) | (23) |
| Write-offs | (2) | (22) |
| Transfers (1) | 5 | 10 |
| Foreign exchange translation | (47) | (19) |
| Ending balance | $ 100 | $ 153 |
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- Definition Charge to expense related to foreign exchange translations for financing receivables. No definition available.
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- Definition Reduction of amount of allowance for credit losses from recovery of doubtful of collection that were previously charged off. No definition available.
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- Definition Reclassifications from the current portion of allowance for doubtful accounts for financing receivables to non-current. No definition available.
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- Definition A roll forward is a reconciliation of a concept from the beginning of a period to the end of a period. No definition available.
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- Definition Amount of direct write-downs of financing receivables charged against the allowance. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Amount of allowance for credit losses related to recorded investment. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Amount of expense related loan transactions, lease transactions, credit loss from transactions other than loan and lease transactions, and other loss based on assessment of uncollectability from the counterparty to reduce the account to their net realizable value. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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