Debt Covenant, Ratio Of Indebtedness To Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation And Amortization And Rentals

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Debt Covenant, Reduction In Ratio Of Indebtedness To Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation And Amortization And Rentals

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Debt Covenant, Required Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation And Amortization And Rentals

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Debt Covenant, Required Minimum Liquidity During Waiver Period

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Revolving credit facilities, number

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Face (par) amount of debt instrument at time of issuance.

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Effective interest rate for the funds borrowed under the debt agreement considering interest compounding and original issue discount or premium.

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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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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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The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the current and noncurrent portions of long-term obligations drawn from a line of credit, which is a bank's commitment to make loans up to a specific amount. Examples of items that might be included in the application of this element may consist of letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a maximum amount as of any point in time conditional on satisfaction of specified terms before, as of and after the date of drawdowns on the line. Includes short-term obligations that would normally be classified as current liabilities but for which (a) postbalance sheet date issuance of a long term obligation to refinance the short term obligation on a long term basis, or (b) the enterprise has entered into a financing agreement that clearly permits the enterprise to refinance the short-term obligation on a long term basis and the following conditions are met (1) the agreement does not expire within 1 year and is not cancelable by the lender except for violation of an objectively determinable provision, (2) no violation exists at the BS date, and (3) the lender has entered into the financing agreement is expected to be financially capable of honoring the agreement.

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Amount of current borrowing capacity under the credit facility considering any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed (for example, borrowings may be limited by the amount of current assets), but without considering any amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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Period remaining on line of credit facility before it terminates, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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The cash outflow for the settlement of obligation drawn from a contractual arrangement with the lender, including letter of credit, standby letter of credit and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a specific amount at any point in time with maturities due beyond one year or the operating cycle, if longer.

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Long-Term Debt and Credit Lines - Additional Information (Details)		1 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Aug. 10, 2020 USD ($)	Jul. 31, 2020 USD ($)	May 31, 2020 USD ($)	Aug. 01, 2020 USD ($) CreditFacility	Aug. 03, 2019 USD ($) CreditFacility	Aug. 01, 2020 CAD ($) CreditFacility	Aug. 01, 2020 GBP (£) CreditFacility	May 15, 2020	Apr. 01, 2020 USD ($)	Feb. 01, 2020 USD ($) CreditFacility	Feb. 01, 2020 CAD ($) CreditFacility	Feb. 01, 2020 GBP (£) CreditFacility	Aug. 03, 2019 CAD ($) CreditFacility	Aug. 03, 2019 GBP (£) CreditFacility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Revolving credit facilities, number \| CreditFacility				2		2	2
Cash payments on revolving credit facilities				$ 1,000,000,000	$ 0
Revolving Credit Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Credit facilities, amount outstanding				$ 0	$ 0					$ 0
Revolving Credit Facility \| Subsequent Event
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Revolver, maximum borrowing capacity	$ 1,500,000,000
TJX Canada
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Revolving credit facilities, number \| CreditFacility				2	2	2	2			2	2	2	2	2
Credit facilities, amount outstanding						$ 0					$ 0		$ 0
Current borrowing capacity						10,000,000					10,000,000		10,000,000
TJX Canada \| Letter of Credit
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Credit facilities, amount outstanding						0					0		0
Current borrowing capacity						$ 10,000,000					$ 10,000,000		$ 10,000,000
TJX International \| TJX Europe Credit Line
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Credit facilities, amount outstanding \| £							£ 0					£ 0		£ 0
Current borrowing capacity \| £							£ 5,000,000					£ 5,000,000		£ 5,000,000
Revolving Credit Facility Due March 11, 2022 \| Revolving Credit Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Revolver, maximum borrowing capacity				$ 500,000,000
Revolving Credit Facility Due May 10, 2024 \| Revolving Credit Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Revolver, maximum borrowing capacity				$ 500,000,000
Revolving Credit Facility Due March 11, 2022 And May 10, 2024 \| Revolving Credit Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Cash payments on revolving credit facilities		$ 1,000,000,000.0
Revolving Credit Facility Due August 2021 \| Revolving Credit Facility \| Subsequent Event
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Revolver, maximum borrowing capacity	$ 500,000,000
Line of credit facility, expiration period	364 days
Senior Notes \| 3.50% Senior Unsecured Notes Due April 15, 2025
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Aggregate principal amount									$ 1,250,000,000
Debt instrument, interest rate				3.50%		3.50%	3.50%		3.50%
Effective interest rate				3.58%		3.58%	3.58%
Senior Notes \| 3.75% Senior Unsecured Notes Due April 15, 2027
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Aggregate principal amount									$ 750,000,000
Debt instrument, interest rate				3.75%		3.75%	3.75%		3.75%
Effective interest rate				3.76%		3.76%	3.76%
Senior Notes \| 3.875% Senior Unsecured Notes Due April 15, 2030
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Aggregate principal amount									$ 1,250,000,000
Debt instrument, interest rate				3.875%		3.875%	3.875%		3.875%
Effective interest rate				3.89%		3.89%	3.89%
Senior Notes \| 4.50% Senior Unsecured Notes Due April 15, 2050
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Aggregate principal amount									$ 750,000,000
Debt instrument, interest rate				4.50%		4.50%	4.50%		4.50%
Effective interest rate				4.52%		4.52%	4.52%
Line of Credit \| Revolving Credit Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Effective interest rate		2.007%						1.757%
Stepdown in ratio each quarter after fiscal quarter of 2022			0.50
Required minimum liquidity			$ 1,500,000,000
Required EBITDAR			$ 650,000,000
Line of Credit \| Revolving Credit Facility \| Covenant period one
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Ratio of funded debt to EBITDAR			500.00%
Line of Credit \| Revolving Credit Facility \| Covenant period two
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Ratio of funded debt to EBITDAR			350.00%