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Unsecured Debt - Long-Term Debt And Short-Term Borrowings (Details) - USD ($) | 12 Months Ended |
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Nov. 30, 2017 | Nov. 30, 2016
Debt Outstanding [Line Items] |  |
Total Debt | $ 9,246,000,000 | $ 9,454,000,000
Less: Unamortized debt issuance costs | (51,000,000) | (55,000,000)
Total Debt, net of unamortized debt issuance costs | 9,195,000,000 | 9,399,000,000
Less: Short-term borrowings | (485,000,000) | (457,000,000)
Less: Current portion of long-term debt | (1,717,000,000) | (640,000,000)
Long-Term Debt | $ 6,993,000,000 | 8,302,000,000
Commercial Paper |  |
Debt Outstanding [Line Items] |  |
Debt instrument, interest rate | 1.50% |
Short-Term Borrowings | $ 420,000,000 | 0
Euro Commercial Paper |  |
Debt Outstanding [Line Items] |  |
Debt instrument, interest rate | (0.10%) |
Short-Term Borrowings | $ 65,000,000 | 451,000,000
Euro Bank Loans |  |
Debt Outstanding [Line Items] |  |
Debt instrument, interest rate | 0.00% |
Short-Term Borrowings | $ 0 | 6,000,000
Export Credit Facilities Fixed Rate |  |
Debt Outstanding [Line Items] |  |
Long-Term Debt | $ 860,000,000 | 941,000,000
Export Credit Facilities Fixed Rate | Minimum |  |
Debt Outstanding [Line Items] |  |
Debt instrument, interest rate | 2.40% |
Export Credit Facilities Fixed Rate | Maximum |  |
Debt Outstanding [Line Items] |  |
Debt instrument, interest rate | 5.00% |
Export Credit Facilities Euro Fixed Rate |  |
Debt Outstanding [Line Items] |  |
Long-Term Debt | $ 229,000,000 | 233,000,000
Export Credit Facilities Euro Fixed Rate | Minimum |  |
Debt Outstanding [Line Items] |  |
Debt instrument, interest rate | 3.80% |
Export Credit Facilities Euro Fixed Rate | Maximum |  |
Debt Outstanding [Line Items] |  |
Debt instrument, interest rate | 4.50% |
Export Credit Facilities Floating Rate |  |
Debt Outstanding [Line Items] |  |
Long-Term Debt | $ 307,000,000 | 793,000,000
Export Credit Facilities Floating Rate | Minimum |  |
Debt Outstanding [Line Items] |  |
Debt instrument, interest rate | 2.00% |
Export Credit Facilities Floating Rate | Maximum |  |
Debt Outstanding [Line Items] |  |
Debt instrument, interest rate | 2.10% |
Export Credit Facility Euro Floating Rate |  |
Debt Outstanding [Line Items] |  |
Long-Term Debt | $ 1,596,000,000 | 1,649,000,000
Export Credit Facility Euro Floating Rate | Minimum |  |
Debt Outstanding [Line Items] |  |
Debt instrument, interest rate | 0.00% |
Export Credit Facility Euro Floating Rate | Maximum |  |
Debt Outstanding [Line Items] |  |
Debt instrument, interest rate | 0.70% |
Bank Loans Euro Fixed Rate |  |
Debt Outstanding [Line Items] |  |
Long-Term Debt | $ 653,000,000 | 612,000,000
Bank Loans Euro Fixed Rate | Minimum |  |
Debt Outstanding [Line Items] |  |
Debt instrument, interest rate | 0.20% |
Bank Loans Euro Fixed Rate | Maximum |  |
Debt Outstanding [Line Items] |  |
Debt instrument, interest rate | 3.90% |
Bank Loans Floating Rate |  |
Debt Outstanding [Line Items] |  |
Long-Term Debt | $ 500,000,000 | 800,000,000
Bank Loans Floating Rate | Minimum |  |
Debt Outstanding [Line Items] |  |
Debt instrument, interest rate | 2.20% |
Bank Loans Floating Rate | Maximum |  |
Debt Outstanding [Line Items] |  |
Debt instrument, interest rate | 2.30% |
Bank Loans Euro Floating Rate |  |
Debt Outstanding [Line Items] |  |
Long-Term Debt | $ 355,000,000 | 319,000,000
Bank Loans Euro Floating Rate | Minimum |  |
Debt Outstanding [Line Items] |  |
Debt instrument, interest rate | 0.40% |
Bank Loans Euro Floating Rate | Maximum |  |
Debt Outstanding [Line Items] |  |
Debt instrument, interest rate | 0.80% |
Bank Loans GBP Floating Rate |  |
Debt Outstanding [Line Items] |  |
Debt instrument, interest rate | 1.00% |
Long-Term Debt | $ 415,000,000 | 0
Private Placement Notes Euro Fixed Rate |  |
Debt Outstanding [Line Items] |  |
Debt instrument, interest rate | 7.30% |
Long-Term Debt | $ 57,000,000 | 51,000,000
Publicly Traded Notes Fixed Rate |  |
Debt Outstanding [Line Items] |  |
Long-Term Debt | $ 1,717,000,000 | 1,717,000,000
Publicly Traded Notes Fixed Rate | Minimum |  |
Debt Outstanding [Line Items] |  |
Debt instrument, interest rate | 1.90% |
Publicly Traded Notes Fixed Rate | Maximum |  |
Debt Outstanding [Line Items] |  |
Debt instrument, interest rate | 7.90% |
Publicly Traded Notes Euro Fixed Rate |  |
Debt Outstanding [Line Items] |  |
Long-Term Debt | $ 2,072,000,000 | 1,857,000,000
Publicly Traded Notes Euro Fixed Rate | Minimum |  |
Debt Outstanding [Line Items] |  |
Debt instrument, interest rate | 1.10% |
Publicly Traded Notes Euro Fixed Rate | Maximum |  |
Debt Outstanding [Line Items] |  |
Debt instrument, interest rate | 1.90% |
Other |  |
Debt Outstanding [Line Items] |  |
Long-Term Debt | $ 0 | $ 25,000,000
Other | Minimum |  |
Debt Outstanding [Line Items] |  |
Debt instrument, interest rate | 0.00% |
Other | Maximum |  |
Debt Outstanding [Line Items] |  |
Debt instrument, interest rate | 0.00% |

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