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ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE EARNINGS (LOSSES) (AOCE) (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
Stockholders' Equity Note [Abstract] |
Schedule of AOCE | The components of AOCE consisted of the following (in millions of dollars):
| Foreign Currency Translation and Other | Defined Postretirement Benefit Plan | Other Employment-related Benefit Plans |  | Total | Foreign Currency Translation Attributable to Noncontrolling Interests | AOCE Attributable to W.W. Grainger, Inc.
Balance at January 1, 2018, net of tax | $ | (223) |  | $ | 73 |  | $ | (4) |  |  | $ | (154) |  | $ | (19) |  | $ | (135) |
Other comprehensive earnings (loss) before reclassifications, net of tax | (43) |  | 4 |  | (1) |  |  | (40) |  | 3 |  | (43) |
Amounts reclassified to Net earnings | 2 |  | (10) |  | — |  |  | (8) |  | — |  | (8) |
Amounts reclassified to Retained earnings | — |  | 15 |  | — |  |  | 15 |  | — |  | 15 |
Net current period activity | $ | (41) |  | $ | 9 |  | $ | (1) |  |  | $ | (33) |  | $ | 3 |  | $ | (36) |
Balance at December 31, 2018, net of tax | $ | (264) |  | $ | 82 |  | $ | (5) |  |  | $ | (187) |  | $ | (16) |  | $ | (171) |
Other comprehensive earnings (loss) before reclassifications, net of tax | 25 |  | 8 |  | (3) |  |  | 30 |  | 3 |  | 27 |
Amounts reclassified to Net earnings | 1 |  | (11) |  | — |  |  | (10) |  | — |  | (10) |
Net current period activity | $ | 26 |  | $ | (3) |  | $ | (3) |  |  | $ | 20 |  | $ | 3 |  | $ | 17 |
Balance at December 31, 2019, net of tax | $ | (238) |  | $ | 79 |  | $ | (8) |  |  | $ | (167) |  | $ | (13) |  | $ | (154) |
Other comprehensive earnings (loss) before reclassifications, net of tax | 36 |  | 33 |  | — |  |  | 69 |  | 12 |  | 57 |
Amounts reclassified to Net earnings | 47 | (11) |  | — |  |  | 36 |  | — |  | 36 |
Net current period activity | 83 |  | 22 |  | — |  |  | 105 |  | 12 |  | 93 |
Balance at December 31, 2020, net of tax | $ | (155) |  | $ | 101 |  | $ | (8) |  |  | $ | (62) |  | $ | (1) |  | $ | (61) |

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