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Income Taxes - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions |  | 3 Months Ended | 6 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended
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May 31, 2018 | Nov. 30, 2018 | Nov. 30, 2017 | Nov. 30, 2018 | Nov. 30, 2017 | May 31, 2018
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] |  |  |  |  |  |
Effective tax rate |  | 20.60% | 32.00% | 22.30% | 35.40% |
Income tax benefit related to lower statutory Income tax rate on earnings |  | $ 150 |  | $ 285 |  |
Income tax benefit from accelerated deductions to be claimed on 2018 tax return |  |  |  | $ 60 |  |
Recognition of benefit from TCJA |  |  |  |  |  | $ 225
Tax Cuts And Jobs Act Of 2017,Recognition of Benefit per diluted share |  |  |  |  |  | $ 0.94
Provisional benefit related to remeasurement of net U.S. deferred tax liability | $ (1,150) |  |  |  |  |
Provisional benefit related to remeasurement of net U.S. deferred tax liability, income tax expense amount recognized |  | $ 4 |  |  |  |

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