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Segment and Geographic Information - Disaggregation of Revenue (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2022 | Dec. 31, 2021 | Dec. 31, 2020
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |
Total revenue | $ 11,181 | $ 8,297 | $ 7,442
Depreciation & Amortization | 1,013 | 178 | 206
Capital Expenditures | 89 | 35 | 76
Total Assets | 61,784 | 15,026 |
Assets held for sale | 1,298 | 321 |
Services transferred at a point in time |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |
Total revenue | 1,807 | 2,320 | 2,030
Services transferred over time |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |
Total revenue | 9,374 | 5,977 | 5,412
Subscription |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |
Total revenue | 6,201 | 3,255 | 3,037
Non-subscription / Transaction |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |
Total revenue | 1,807 | 2,320 | 2,030
Non-transaction |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |
Total revenue | 1,640 | 1,698 | 1,500
Asset-linked fees |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |
Total revenue | 862 | 800 | 648
Sales usage-based royalties |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |
Total revenue | 286 | 224 | 227
Recurring Variable Revenue [Member] |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |
Total revenue | 385 |  |
Operating Segments |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |
Depreciation & Amortization | 992 | 159 | 167
Capital Expenditures | 82 | 34 | 72
Total Assets | 56,359 | 7,008 |
Operating Segments | Market Intelligence |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |
Total revenue | 3,811 | 2,185 | 2,046
Depreciation & Amortization | 509 | 91 | 101
Capital Expenditures | 43 | 12 | 28
Total Assets | 29,852 | 3,368 |
Operating Segments | Market Intelligence | Services transferred at a point in time |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |
Total revenue | 163 | 54 | 54
Operating Segments | Market Intelligence | Services transferred over time |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |
Total revenue | 3,648 | 2,131 | 1,992
Operating Segments | Market Intelligence | Subscription |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |
Total revenue | 3,263 | 2,131 | 1,991
Operating Segments | Market Intelligence | Non-subscription / Transaction |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |
Total revenue | 163 | 54 | 54
Operating Segments | Market Intelligence | Non-transaction |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |
Total revenue | 0 | 0 | 0
Operating Segments | Market Intelligence | Asset-linked fees |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |
Total revenue | 0 | 0 | 1
Operating Segments | Market Intelligence | Sales usage-based royalties |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |
Total revenue | 0 | 0 | 0
Operating Segments | Market Intelligence | Recurring Variable Revenue [Member] |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |
Total revenue | 385 |  |
Operating Segments | Ratings |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |
Total revenue | 3,050 | 4,097 | 3,606
Depreciation & Amortization | 46 | 46 | 40
Capital Expenditures | 23 | 18 | 33
Total Assets | 1,039 | 1,248 |
Operating Segments | Ratings | Services transferred at a point in time |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |
Total revenue | 1,241 | 2,253 | 1,969
Operating Segments | Ratings | Services transferred over time |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |
Total revenue | 1,809 | 1,844 | 1,637
Operating Segments | Ratings | Subscription |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |
Total revenue | 0 | 0 | 0
Operating Segments | Ratings | Non-subscription / Transaction |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |
Total revenue | 1,241 | 2,253 | 1,969
Operating Segments | Ratings | Non-transaction |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |
Total revenue | 1,809 | 1,844 | 1,637
Operating Segments | Ratings | Asset-linked fees |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |
Total revenue | 0 | 0 | 0
Operating Segments | Ratings | Sales usage-based royalties |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |
Total revenue | 0 | 0 | 0
Operating Segments | Ratings | Recurring Variable Revenue [Member] |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |
Total revenue | 0 |  |
Operating Segments | Commodity Insights |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |
Total revenue | 1,685 | 1,012 | 938
Depreciation & Amortization | 115 | 12 | 17
Capital Expenditures | 4 | 2 | 7
Total Assets | 8,781 | 891 |
Operating Segments | Commodity Insights | Services transferred at a point in time |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |
Total revenue | 126 | 13 | 7
Operating Segments | Commodity Insights | Services transferred over time |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |
Total revenue | 1,559 | 999 | 931
Operating Segments | Commodity Insights | Subscription |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |
Total revenue | 1,492 | 933 | 869
Operating Segments | Commodity Insights | Non-subscription / Transaction |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |
Total revenue | 126 | 13 | 7
Operating Segments | Commodity Insights | Non-transaction |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |
Total revenue | 0 | 0 | 0
Operating Segments | Commodity Insights | Asset-linked fees |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |
Total revenue | 0 | 0 | 0
Operating Segments | Commodity Insights | Sales usage-based royalties |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |
Total revenue | 67 | 66 | 62
Operating Segments | Commodity Insights | Recurring Variable Revenue [Member] |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |
Total revenue | 0 |  |
Operating Segments | Mobility |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |
Total revenue | 1,142 | 0 | 0
Depreciation & Amortization | 248 | 0 | 0
Capital Expenditures | 6 | 0 | 0
Total Assets | 13,416 | 0 |
Operating Segments | Mobility | Services transferred at a point in time |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |
Total revenue | 254 | 0 | 0
Operating Segments | Mobility | Services transferred over time |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |
Total revenue | 888 | 0 | 0
Operating Segments | Mobility | Subscription |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |
Total revenue | 888 | 0 | 0
Operating Segments | Mobility | Non-subscription / Transaction |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |
Total revenue | 254 | 0 | 0
Operating Segments | Mobility | Non-transaction |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |
Total revenue | 0 | 0 | 0
Operating Segments | Mobility | Asset-linked fees |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |
Total revenue | 0 | 0 | 0
Operating Segments | Mobility | Sales usage-based royalties |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |
Total revenue | 0 | 0 | 0
Operating Segments | Mobility | Recurring Variable Revenue [Member] |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |
Total revenue | 0 |  |
Operating Segments | Indices |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |
Total revenue | 1,339 | 1,149 | 989
Depreciation & Amortization | 39 | 10 | 9
Capital Expenditures | 2 | 2 | 4
Total Assets | 3,271 | 1,501 |
Operating Segments | Indices | Services transferred at a point in time |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |
Total revenue | 0 | 0 | 0
Operating Segments | Indices | Services transferred over time |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |
Total revenue | 1,339 | 1,149 | 989
Operating Segments | Indices | Subscription |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |
Total revenue | 258 | 191 | 177
Operating Segments | Indices | Non-subscription / Transaction |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |
Total revenue | 0 | 0 | 0
Operating Segments | Indices | Non-transaction |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |
Total revenue | 0 | 0 | 0
Operating Segments | Indices | Asset-linked fees |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |
Total revenue | 862 | 800 | 647
Operating Segments | Indices | Sales usage-based royalties |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |
Total revenue | 219 | 158 | 165
Operating Segments | Indices | Recurring Variable Revenue [Member] |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |
Total revenue | 0 |  |
Operating Segments | Engineering Solutions |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |
Total revenue | 323 | 0 | 0
Depreciation & Amortization | 35 | 0 | 0
Capital Expenditures | 4 | 0 | 0
Total Assets | 0 | 0 |
Operating Segments | Engineering Solutions | Services transferred at a point in time |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |
Total revenue | 23 | 0 | 0
Operating Segments | Engineering Solutions | Services transferred over time |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |
Total revenue | 300 | 0 | 0
Operating Segments | Engineering Solutions | Subscription |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |
Total revenue | 300 | 0 | 0
Operating Segments | Engineering Solutions | Non-subscription / Transaction |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |
Total revenue | 23 | 0 | 0
Operating Segments | Engineering Solutions | Non-transaction |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |
Total revenue | 0 | 0 | 0
Operating Segments | Engineering Solutions | Asset-linked fees |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |
Total revenue | 0 | 0 | 0
Operating Segments | Engineering Solutions | Sales usage-based royalties |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |
Total revenue | 0 | 0 | 0
Operating Segments | Engineering Solutions | Recurring Variable Revenue [Member] |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |
Total revenue | 0 |  |
Corporate |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |
Depreciation & Amortization | 21 | 19 | 39
Capital Expenditures | 7 | 1 | 4
Total Assets | 4,127 | 7,697 |
Elimination |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |
Total revenue | (169) | (146) | (137)
Elimination | Services transferred at a point in time |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |
Total revenue | 0 | 0 | 0
Elimination | Services transferred over time |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |
Total revenue | (169) | (146) | (137)
Elimination | Subscription |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |
Total revenue | 0 | 0 | 0
Elimination | Non-subscription / Transaction |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |
Total revenue | 0 | 0 | 0
Elimination | Non-transaction |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |
Total revenue | (169) | (146) | (137)
Elimination | Asset-linked fees |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |
Total revenue | 0 | 0 | 0
Elimination | Sales usage-based royalties |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |
Total revenue | 0 | $ 0 | $ 0
Elimination | Recurring Variable Revenue [Member] |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |
Total revenue | $ 0 |  |

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