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EARNINGS PER SHARE (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
Earnings Per Share [Abstract] |
Schedule of Earnings Per Share, Basic and Diluted | The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted earnings per share under the two-class method (in millions of dollars, except for share and per share amounts):
| For the Years Ended December 31,
| 2018 |  | 2017 |  | 2016
Net earnings attributable to W.W. Grainger, Inc. as reported | $ | 782 |  |  | $ | 586 |  |  | $ | 606 |
Distributed earnings available to participating securities | (2 | ) |  | (2 | ) |  | (2 | )
Undistributed earnings available to participating securities | (4 | ) |  | (3 | ) |  | (3 | )
Numerator for basic earnings per share - Undistributed and distributed earnings available to common shareholders | 776 |  |  | 581 |  |  | 601 |
Undistributed earnings allocated to participating securities | 4 |  |  | 3 |  |  | 3 |
Undistributed earnings reallocated to participating securities | (4 | ) |  | (3 | ) |  | (3 | )
Numerator for diluted earnings per share - Undistributed and distributed earnings available to common shareholders | $ | 776 |  |  | $ | 581 |  |  | $ | 601 |
Denominator for basic earnings per share – weighted average shares | 56,142,604 |  |  | 57,674,977 |  |  | 60,430,892 |
Effect of dilutive securities | 391,581 |  |  | 308,190 |  |  | 409,038 |
Denominator for diluted earnings per share – weighted average shares adjusted for dilutive securities | 56,534,185 |  |  | 57,983,167 |  |  | 60,839,930 |
Earnings per share two-class method |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Basic | $ | 13.82 |  |  | $ | 10.07 |  |  | $ | 9.94 |
Diluted | $ | 13.73 |  |  | $ | 10.02 |  |  | $ | 9.87 |

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