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Leases | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2023
Leases [Abstract] |
Leases | (12) Leases We are party to contracts where we lease property from others under contracts classified as operating leases. We primarily lease buildings, offices and operating facilities. Operating lease right-of-use assets are included in other assets and operating lease liabilities are included in accounts payable, accruals and other liabilities. 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 | %
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 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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