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Debt - Schedule of Annual Maturities of Debt (Details) £ in Millions, $ in Millions, € in Billions | 12 Months Ended |
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Nov. 30, 2020 USD ($) | Nov. 30, 2020 EUR (€) | Nov. 30, 2020 GBP (£)
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
2021 Q1 | $ 500 |  |
2021 Q2 | 351 |  |
2021 Q3 | 568 |  |
2021 Q4 | 325 |  |
2022 | 2,703 |  |
2023 | 6,255 |  |
2024 | 4,412 |  |
2025 | 3,818 |  |
Thereafter | $ 8,648 |  |
Eurodollar | Minimum |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Debt instrument, variable rate floor (percentage) | 0.00% |  |
Eurodollar | Maximum |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Debt instrument, variable rate floor (percentage) | 1.00% |  |
Secured Debt |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
2021 Q1 | $ 15 |  |
2021 Q2 | 21 |  |
2021 Q3 | 15 |  |
2021 Q4 | 21 |  |
2022 | 72 |  |
2023 | 4,072 |  |
2024 | 72 |  |
2025 | 2,717 |  |
Thereafter | $ 2,387 |  |
Secured Debt | Notes due Apr 2023 |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Debt instrument, interest rate (percent) | 11.50% | 11.50% | 11.50%
2021 Q1 | $ 0 |  |
2021 Q2 | 0 |  |
2021 Q3 | 0 |  |
2021 Q4 | 0 |  |
2022 | 0 |  |
2023 | 4,000 |  |
2024 | 0 |  |
2025 | 0 |  |
Thereafter | $ 0 |  |
Secured Debt | Notes due Feb 2026 |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Debt instrument, interest rate (percent) | 10.50% | 10.50% | 10.50%
2021 Q1 | $ 0 |  |
2021 Q2 | 0 |  |
2021 Q3 | 0 |  |
2021 Q4 | 0 |  |
2022 | 0 |  |
2023 | 0 |  |
2024 | 0 |  |
2025 | 0 |  |
Thereafter | $ 775 |  |
Secured Debt | Euro-denominated notes due Feb 2026 |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Debt instrument, interest rate (percent) | 10.10% | 10.10% | 10.10%
2021 Q1 | $ 0 |  |
2021 Q2 | 0 |  |
2021 Q3 | 0 |  |
2021 Q4 | 0 |  |
2022 | 0 |  |
2023 | 0 |  |
2024 | 0 |  |
2025 | 0 |  |
Thereafter | $ 508 |  |
Secured Debt | Notes due Jun 2027 |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Debt instrument, interest rate (percent) | 7.90% | 7.90% | 7.90%
2021 Q1 | $ 0 |  |
2021 Q2 | 0 |  |
2021 Q3 | 0 |  |
2021 Q4 | 0 |  |
2022 | 0 |  |
2023 | 0 |  |
2024 | 0 |  |
2025 | 0 |  |
Thereafter | $ 192 |  |
Secured Debt | Notes due Aug 2027 |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Debt instrument, interest rate (percent) | 9.90% | 9.90% | 9.90%
2021 Q1 | $ 0 |  |
2021 Q2 | 0 |  |
2021 Q3 | 0 |  |
2021 Q4 | 0 |  |
2022 | 0 |  |
2023 | 0 |  |
2024 | 0 |  |
2025 | 0 |  |
Thereafter | 900 |  |
Secured Debt | Euro-denominated fixed rate bank loan due May 2025 |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
2021 Q1 | 8 |  |
2021 Q2 | 8 |  |
2021 Q3 | 8 |  |
2021 Q4 | 8 |  |
2022 | 32 |  |
2023 | 32 |  |
2024 | 32 |  |
2025 | 8 |  |
Thereafter | $ 0 |  |
Secured Debt | Euro-denominated fixed rate bank loan due May 2025 | Minimum |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Debt instrument, interest rate (percent) | 5.50% | 5.50% | 5.50%
Secured Debt | Euro-denominated fixed rate bank loan due May 2025 | Maximum |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Debt instrument, interest rate (percent) | 6.20% | 6.20% | 6.20%
Secured Debt | Floating rate bank loan due Jun 2025 |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
2021 Q1 | $ 5 |  |
2021 Q2 | 5 |  |
2021 Q3 | 5 |  |
2021 Q4 | 5 |  |
2022 | 19 |  |
2023 | 19 |  |
2024 | 19 |  |
2025 | 1,781 |  |
Thereafter | $ 0 |  |
Secured Debt | Floating rate bank loan due Jun 2025 | LIBOR |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Debt instrument, variable rate (percent) | 7.50% |  |
Secured Debt | Euro-denominated floating rate bank loan due Oct 2026 |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
2021 Q1 | $ 2 |  |
2021 Q2 | 8 |  |
2021 Q3 | 2 |  |
2021 Q4 | 8 |  |
2022 | 22 |  |
2023 | 22 |  |
2024 | 22 |  |
2025 | 928 |  |
Thereafter | $ 12 |  |
Secured Debt | Euro-denominated floating rate bank loan due Oct 2026 | Eurodollar | Minimum |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Debt instrument, variable rate (percent) | 2.70% |  |
Secured Debt | Euro-denominated floating rate bank loan due Oct 2026 | Eurodollar | Maximum |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Debt instrument, variable rate (percent) | 7.50% |  |
Unsecured Debt |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
2021 Q1 | $ 485 |  |
2021 Q2 | 330 |  |
2021 Q3 | 553 |  |
2021 Q4 | 304 |  |
2022 | 2,631 |  |
2023 | 2,183 |  |
2024 | 4,340 |  |
2025 | 1,100 |  |
Thereafter | 6,261 |  |
Unsecured Debt | Revolver Facility Expires Aug 2024 |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
2021 Q1 | 0 |  |
2021 Q2 | 0 |  |
2021 Q3 | 0 |  |
2021 Q4 | 0 |  |
2022 | 0 |  |
2023 | 0 |  |
2024 | 3,083 |  |
2025 | 0 |  |
Thereafter | 0 |  |
Line of credit, current | $ 3,100 |  |
Unsecured Debt | Revolver Facility Expires Aug 2024 | LIBOR |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Debt instrument, variable rate (percent) | 0.60% |  |
Unsecured Debt | U.S. Dollar-denominated revolving credit facility |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Line of credit, current | $ 1,700 |  |
Unsecured Debt | Euro-denominated revolving credit facility |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Line of credit, current | € |  | € 1.0 |
Unsecured Debt | Sterling-denominated revolving credit facility |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Line of credit, current | £ |  |  | £ 150
Unsecured Debt | Euro-denominated notes due Feb 2021 |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Debt instrument, interest rate (percent) | 1.60% | 1.60% | 1.60%
2021 Q1 | $ 429 |  |
2021 Q2 | 0 |  |
2021 Q3 | 0 |  |
2021 Q4 | 0 |  |
2022 | 0 |  |
2023 | 0 |  |
2024 | 0 |  |
2025 | 0 |  |
Thereafter | $ 0 |  |
Unsecured Debt | Euro-denominated notes due Nov 2022 |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Debt instrument, interest rate (percent) | 1.90% | 1.90% | 1.90%
2021 Q1 | $ 0 |  |
2021 Q2 | 0 |  |
2021 Q3 | 0 |  |
2021 Q4 | 0 |  |
2022 | 658 |  |
2023 | 0 |  |
2024 | 0 |  |
2025 | 0 |  |
Thereafter | $ 0 |  |
Unsecured Debt | Convertible notes due Apr 2023 |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Debt instrument, interest rate (percent) | 5.80% | 5.80% | 5.80%
2021 Q1 | $ 0 |  |
2021 Q2 | 0 |  |
2021 Q3 | 0 |  |
2021 Q4 | 0 |  |
2022 | 0 |  |
2023 | 537 |  |
2024 | 0 |  |
2025 | 0 |  |
Thereafter | $ 0 |  |
Unsecured Debt | Notes due Oct 2023 |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Debt instrument, interest rate (percent) | 7.20% | 7.20% | 7.20%
2021 Q1 | $ 0 |  |
2021 Q2 | 0 |  |
2021 Q3 | 0 |  |
2021 Q4 | 0 |  |
2022 | 0 |  |
2023 | 125 |  |
2024 | 0 |  |
2025 | 0 |  |
Thereafter | $ 0 |  |
Unsecured Debt | Notes due Mar 2026 |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Debt instrument, interest rate (percent) | 7.60% | 7.60% | 7.60%
2021 Q1 | $ 0 |  |
2021 Q2 | 0 |  |
2021 Q3 | 0 |  |
2021 Q4 | 0 |  |
2022 | 0 |  |
2023 | 0 |  |
2024 | 0 |  |
2025 | 0 |  |
Thereafter | $ 1,450 |  |
Unsecured Debt | Euro-denominated notes due Mar 2026 |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Debt instrument, interest rate (percent) | 7.60% | 7.60% | 7.60%
2021 Q1 | $ 0 |  |
2021 Q2 | 0 |  |
2021 Q3 | 0 |  |
2021 Q4 | 0 |  |
2022 | 0 |  |
2023 | 0 |  |
2024 | 0 |  |
2025 | 0 |  |
Thereafter | $ 598 |  |
Unsecured Debt | Notes due Jan 2028 |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Debt instrument, interest rate (percent) | 6.70% | 6.70% | 6.70%
2021 Q1 | $ 0 |  |
2021 Q2 | 0 |  |
2021 Q3 | 0 |  |
2021 Q4 | 0 |  |
2022 | 0 |  |
2023 | 0 |  |
2024 | 0 |  |
2025 | 0 |  |
Thereafter | $ 200 |  |
Unsecured Debt | Euro-denominated notes due Oct 2029 |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Debt instrument, interest rate (percent) | 1.00% | 1.00% | 1.00%
2021 Q1 | $ 0 |  |
2021 Q2 | 0 |  |
2021 Q3 | 0 |  |
2021 Q4 | 0 |  |
2022 | 0 |  |
2023 | 0 |  |
2024 | 0 |  |
2025 | 0 |  |
Thereafter | 718 |  |
Unsecured Debt | Euro-denominated fixed rate bank loan due Sept 2021 |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
2021 Q1 | 0 |  |
2021 Q2 | 17 |  |
2021 Q3 | 0 |  |
2021 Q4 | 15 |  |
2022 | 0 |  |
2023 | 0 |  |
2024 | 0 |  |
2025 | 0 |  |
Thereafter | $ 0 |  |
Unsecured Debt | Euro-denominated fixed rate bank loan due Sept 2021 | Minimum |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Debt instrument, interest rate (percent) | 0.30% | 0.30% | 0.30%
Unsecured Debt | Euro-denominated fixed rate bank loan due Sept 2021 | Maximum |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Debt instrument, interest rate (percent) | 3.90% | 3.90% | 3.90%
Unsecured Debt | Euro-denominated floating rate bank loan due Apr 2023 |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
2021 Q1 | $ 0 |  |
2021 Q2 | 179 |  |
2021 Q3 | 0 |  |
2021 Q4 | 0 |  |
2022 | 1,053 |  |
2023 | 628 |  |
2024 | 0 |  |
2025 | 0 |  |
Thereafter | $ 0 |  |
Unsecured Debt | Euro-denominated floating rate bank loan due Apr 2023 | Eurodollar | Minimum |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Debt instrument, variable rate (percent) | 0.30% |  |
Unsecured Debt | Euro-denominated floating rate bank loan due Apr 2023 | Eurodollar | Maximum |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Debt instrument, variable rate (percent) | 4.80% |  |
Unsecured Debt | Floating rate bank loan due Sep 2024 |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
2021 Q1 | $ 0 |  |
2021 Q2 | 0 |  |
2021 Q3 | 0 |  |
2021 Q4 | 0 |  |
2022 | 0 |  |
2023 | 0 |  |
2024 | 300 |  |
2025 | 0 |  |
Thereafter | $ 0 |  |
Unsecured Debt | Floating rate bank loan due Sep 2024 | LIBOR |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Debt instrument, variable rate (percent) | 3.80% |  |
Unsecured Debt | Sterling-denominated floating rate bank loan due Feb 2025 |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
2021 Q1 | $ 40 |  |
2021 Q2 | 0 |  |
2021 Q3 | 375 |  |
2021 Q4 | 0 |  |
2022 | 0 |  |
2023 | 0 |  |
2024 | 93 |  |
2025 | 373 |  |
Thereafter | $ 0 |  |
Unsecured Debt | Sterling-denominated floating rate bank loan due Feb 2025 | LIBOR | Minimum |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Debt instrument, variable rate (percent) | 0.80% |  |
Unsecured Debt | Sterling-denominated floating rate bank loan due Feb 2025 | LIBOR | Maximum |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Debt instrument, variable rate (percent) | 0.90% |  |
Unsecured Debt | Euro-denominated export credit facility floating rate due Oct 2032 |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
2021 Q1 | $ 0 |  |
2021 Q2 | 24 |  |
2021 Q3 | 49 |  |
2021 Q4 | 124 |  |
2022 | 333 |  |
2023 | 306 |  |
2024 | 277 |  |
2025 | 200 |  |
Thereafter | $ 629 |  |
Unsecured Debt | Euro-denominated export credit facility floating rate due Oct 2032 | Eurodollar | Minimum |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Debt instrument, variable rate (percent) | 0.20% |  |
Unsecured Debt | Euro-denominated export credit facility floating rate due Oct 2032 | Eurodollar | Maximum |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Debt instrument, variable rate (percent) | 1.50% |  |
Unsecured Debt | Euro-denominated export credit facility fixed rate due Sep 2032 |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Debt instrument, interest rate (percent) | 1.10% | 1.10% | 1.10%
2021 Q1 | $ 0 |  |
2021 Q2 | 0 |  |
2021 Q3 | 26 |  |
2021 Q4 | 26 |  |
2022 | 103 |  |
2023 | 103 |  |
2024 | 103 |  |
2025 | 103 |  |
Thereafter | 644 |  |
Unsecured Debt | Export credit facility fixed rate due Oct 2031 |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
2021 Q1 | 0 |  |
2021 Q2 | 74 |  |
2021 Q3 | 36 |  |
2021 Q4 | 98 |  |
2022 | 291 |  |
2023 | 332 |  |
2024 | 332 |  |
2025 | 332 |  |
Thereafter | $ 1,576 |  |
Unsecured Debt | Export credit facility fixed rate due Oct 2031 | Minimum |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Debt instrument, interest rate (percent) | 2.40% | 2.40% | 2.40%
Unsecured Debt | Export credit facility fixed rate due Oct 2031 | Maximum |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Debt instrument, interest rate (percent) | 3.40% | 3.40% | 3.40%
Unsecured Debt | Export credit facility floating rate due Dec 2031 |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
2021 Q1 | $ 16 |  |
2021 Q2 | 35 |  |
2021 Q3 | 68 |  |
2021 Q4 | 41 |  |
2022 | 194 |  |
2023 | 152 |  |
2024 | 152 |  |
2025 | 92 |  |
Thereafter | $ 446 |  |
Unsecured Debt | Export credit facility floating rate due Dec 2031 | LIBOR | Minimum |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Debt instrument, variable rate (percent) | 0.50% |  |
Unsecured Debt | Export credit facility floating rate due Dec 2031 | LIBOR | Maximum |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Debt instrument, variable rate (percent) | 1.50% |  |

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