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Employee Benefit Plans (Details) - USD ($) shares in Millions, $ in Millions | 12 Months Ended
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Feb. 02, 2020 | Feb. 03, 2019 | Jan. 28, 2018
Retirement Benefits [Abstract] |  |  |
Defined contribution plan, cost | $ 213 | $ 211 | $ 202
Common stock shares held in trust for plan participants | 6 |  |

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- Definition Amount of cost for defined contribution plan. + References Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 715 -SubTopic 70 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=49170846&loc=d3e28014-114942 + Details
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