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ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE EARNINGS (LOSSES) (AOCE) (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2022
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, 2020 – 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) |
Other comprehensive earnings (loss) before reclassifications – net of tax | (64) |  | 12 |  | 2 |  |  | (50) |  | (29) |  | (21) |
Amounts reclassified to net earnings | — |  | (14) |  | — |  |  | (14) |  | — |  | (14) |
Net current period activity | (64) |  | (2) |  | 2 |  |  | (64) |  | (29) |  | (35) |
Balance at December 31, 2021 – net of tax | $ | (219) |  | $ | 99 |  | $ | (6) |  |  | $ | (126) |  | $ | (30) |  | $ | (96) |
Other comprehensive earnings (loss) before reclassifications – net of tax | $ | (101) |  | $ | (4) |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (105) |  | $ | (34) |  | $ | (71) |
Amounts reclassified to net earnings | $ | — |  | $ | (13) |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (13) |  | $ | — |  | $ | (13) |
Net current period activity | $ | (101) |  | $ | (17) |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (118) |  | $ | (34) |  | $ | (84) |
Balance at December 31, 2022 – net of tax | $ | (320) |  | $ | 82 |  | $ | (6) |  |  | $ | (244) |  | $ | (64) |  | $ | (180) |

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