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Employee Benefits - Recorded Severance Liability (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2023 | Dec. 31, 2022 | Dec. 31, 2021
Movements in Severance Benefits [Roll Forward] |  |  |
Beginning of Year | $ 653 | $ 548 | $ 602
Charged to Expense | 531 | 319 | 233
Payments | (617) | (214) | (258)
Other | 0 | 0 | (29)
End of Year | $ 567 | $ 653 | $ 548

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- Definition Cash outflows for payments of postemployment benefits (such as severance pay and health insurance benefits) recognized during the period. Postemployment benefits are benefits paid to employees after employment but before retirement. + References Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Section 45 -Paragraph 25 -Subparagraph (g) -SubTopic 10 -Topic 230 -Publisher FASB -URI https://asc.fasb.org//1943274/2147482740/230-10-45-25 + Details
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- Definition Liability for amount due employees, in addition to wages and any other money that employers owe employees, when their employment ends through a layoff or other termination. For example, a company may provide involuntarily terminated employees with a lump sum payment equal to one week's salary for every year of employment. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition Movements In Severance Benefits [Roll Forward] + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition Other severance liability + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition Severance liability charged to expense + References No definition available. + Details
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