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DEBT AND CREDIT FACILITIES - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($) | 1 Months Ended | 3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended |
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Oct. 31, 2021 | Sep. 30, 2021 | Mar. 31, 2021 | Sep. 30, 2021 | Dec. 31, 2020
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Repayments of long-term debt |  |  |  | $ 3,750,000,000 |
Debt issued |  | $ 0 |  | 0 |
Revolving Credit Facility |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Amounts outstanding under revolving credit facilities |  | 0 |  | 0 | $ 0
Revolving Credit Facility | The "2020 Revolving Credit Facility" |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Maximum borrowing capacity |  | $ 2,500,000,000 |  | $ 2,500,000,000 |
Senior Notes | 4.50% Senior Unsecured Notes Due April 2021 |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Repayments of senior unsecured notes |  |  | $ 1,000,000,000 |  |
Stated percentage |  | 4.50% |  | 4.50% |
Senior Notes | 4.40% Senior Unsecured Notes Due December 2021 |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Repayments of long-term debt |  | $ 1,250,000,000 |  |  |
Stated percentage |  | 4.40% |  | 4.40% |
Senior Notes | 0.15% LIBOR Senior Unsecured Notes Due September 2021 |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Repayments of senior unsecured notes |  |  |  | $ 500,000,000 |
Senior Notes | 0.52% LIBOR Senior Unsecured Notes Due September 2023 | Subsequent Event |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Repayments of long-term debt | $ 500,000,000 |  |  |  |
Senior Notes | 0.75% Senior Unsecured Notes Due September 2023 |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Stated percentage |  | 0.75% |  | 0.75% |
Senior Notes | 0.75% Senior Unsecured Notes Due September 2023 | Subsequent Event |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Repayments of long-term debt | $ 500,000,000 |  |  |  |
Medium-term Notes | Three-Year Senior Term Loan Facility |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Repayments of senior unsecured notes |  |  |  | $ 1,000,000,000 |
Contractual term |  |  |  | 3 years |
Maximum borrowing capacity |  | $ 1,000,000,000 |  | $ 1,000,000,000 |

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- Definition Period of time between issuance and maturity of debt instrument, in PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition 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. + References Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 210 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02(22)) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=120391452&loc=d3e13212-122682 Reference 2: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 942 -SubTopic 210 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.9-03(16)) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=120398452&loc=d3e534808-122878 Reference 3: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 944 -SubTopic 210 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.7-03(16)) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=120400017&loc=d3e572229-122910 + Details
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