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Leases (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2023
Leases [Abstract] |
Summary of Information related to operating leases | Information related to our operating leases follows (dollars in millions).
|  | Right-of-use assets |  |  | Lease liabilities |  |  | Weighted average remaining term in years |  |  | Weighted average discount rate used to measure liabilities |
December 31, 2023 |  | $ | 5,277 |  |  | $ | 5,299 |  |  |  | 7.0 |  |  |  | 4.2 | %
December 31, 2022 |  |  | 4,975 |  |  |  | 4,939 |  |  |  | 7.0 |  |  |  | 3.7 | %
Summary of remaining operating lease payments | A summary of our remaining future operating lease payments reconciled to lease liabilities as of December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022 follows (in millions).
|  | Year 1 |  |  | Year 2 |  |  | Year 3 |  |  | Year 4 |  |  | Year 5 |  |  | Thereafter |  |  | Total lease payments |  |  | Amount representing interest |  |  | Lease liabilities |
December 31: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
2023 |  | $ | 1,422 |  |  | $ | 1,172 |  |  | $ | 815 |  |  | $ | 666 |  |  | $ | 463 |  |  | $ | 1,680 |  |  | $ | 6,218 |  |  | $ | (919 | ) |  | $ | 5,299 |
2022 |  |  | 1,283 |  |  |  | 1,073 |  |  |  | 822 |  |  |  | 560 |  |  |  | 449 |  |  |  | 1,464 |  |  |  | 5,651 |  |  |  | (712 | ) |  |  | 4,939 |
Components of operating lease expenses | Components of operating lease expense for each of the three years ending December 31, 2023, are summarized as follows (in millions).
|  | 2023 |  |  | 2022 |  |  | 2021 |
Operating lease expense |  | $ | 1,535 |  |  | $ | 1,361 |  |  | $ | 1,426 |
Short-term lease expense |  |  | 219 |  |  |  | 233 |  |  |  | 154 |
Variable lease expense |  |  | 216 |  |  |  | 217 |  |  |  | 223 |
|  | $ | 1,970 |  |  | $ | 1,811 |  |  | $ | 1,803 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of lessee's lease cost. Includes, but is not limited to, interest expense for finance lease, amortization of right-of-use asset for finance lease, operating lease cost, short-term lease cost, variable lease cost and sublease income. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef -Topic 842 -SubTopic 20 -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Section 50 -Paragraph 4 -Publisher FASB -URI https://asc.fasb.org//1943274/2147478964/842-20-50-4 + Details
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- Definition Tabular disclosure of undiscounted cash flows of lessee's operating lease liability. Includes, but is not limited to, reconciliation of undiscounted cash flows to operating lease liability recognized in statement of financial position. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef -Topic 842 -SubTopic 20 -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Section 50 -Paragraph 6 -Publisher FASB -URI https://asc.fasb.org//1943274/2147478964/842-20-50-6 + Details
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