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Leases - Supplemental Balance Sheet Information - Finance Leases (Details) $ in Millions	Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($)
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Other current liabilities	$ 130
Finance Lease Excluding Finance Obligation
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Property and equipment, at cost	484
Accumulated depreciation	(207)
Property and equipment, net	277
Other current liabilities	130
Other long-term liabilities	144
Total finance leases liabilities	$ 274

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- Definition

Finance Lease, Right-Of-Use Asset, Accumulated Depreciation

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- Definition

Finance Lease, Right-Of-Use Asset, Gross

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- Definition

Present value of lessee's discounted obligation for lease payments from finance lease.

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 842
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 6
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=77888426&loc=SL77918701-209980

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-SubTopic 20
-Section 45
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (b)
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- Definition

Present value of lessee's discounted obligation for lease payments from finance lease, classified as current.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 842
-SubTopic 20
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-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (b)
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- Definition

Present value of lessee's discounted obligation for lease payments from finance lease, classified as noncurrent.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 842
-SubTopic 20
-Section 45
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (b)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=77888419&loc=SL77918627-209977

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- Definition

Amount of lessee's right to use underlying asset under finance lease.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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-SubTopic 20
-Section 45
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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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