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Debt - Long-Term and Short-Term Borrowings (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions | 6 Months Ended |
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May 31, 2023 | Nov. 30, 2022
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Total Debt | $ 34,511 | $ 35,615
Less: unamortized debt issuance costs and discounts | (802) | (1,069)
Total Debt, net of unamortized debt issuance costs and discounts | 33,710 | 34,546
Less: short-term borrowings | 0 | (200)
Less: current portion of long-term debt | (1,789) | (2,393)
Long-Term Debt | $ 31,921 | 31,953
Eurodollar | Minimum |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Floor on variable rate | 0.00% |
Eurodollar | Maximum |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Floor on variable rate | 0.75% |
Sterling Overnight Index Average (SONIA) |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Debt instrument, variable rate (percentage) | 0.00% |
Sterling Overnight Index Average (SONIA) | Minimum |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Debt instrument, variable rate (percentage) | 0.03% |
Sterling Overnight Index Average (SONIA) | Maximum |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Debt instrument, variable rate (percentage) | 0.28% |
Secured | Guarantor Subsidiaries |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Long-term debt | $ 9,640 | 9,621
Secured | Notes Payable Due February 2026 | Guarantor Subsidiaries |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Debt instrument, interest rate (percent) | 10.50% |
Long-term debt | $ 775 | 775
Secured | Euro-denominated Notes Payable Due February 2026 | Guarantor Subsidiaries |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Debt instrument, interest rate (percent) | 10.10% |
Long-term debt | $ 455 | 439
Secured | Notes Payable Due June 2027 | Guarantor Subsidiaries |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Debt instrument, interest rate (percent) | 7.90% |
Long-term debt | $ 192 | 192
Secured | Notes Payable Due August 2027 | Guarantor Subsidiaries |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Debt instrument, interest rate (percent) | 9.90% |
Long-term debt | $ 900 | 900
Secured | Notes Payable Due August 2028 | Guarantor Subsidiaries |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Debt instrument, interest rate (percent) | 4.00% |
Long-term debt | $ 2,406 | 2,406
Secured | Euro-denominated Floating Rate Bank Loan Due June 2025 | Guarantor Subsidiaries |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Long-term debt | $ 833 | 808
Secured | Euro-denominated Floating Rate Bank Loan Due June 2025 | Guarantor Subsidiaries | Eurodollar |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Debt instrument, variable rate (percentage) | 3.80% |
Secured | Floating Rate Bank Loan Due October 2028 | Guarantor Subsidiaries |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Long-term debt | $ 4,080 | 4,101
Secured | Floating Rate Bank Loan Due October 2028 | Guarantor Subsidiaries | LIBOR | Minimum |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Debt instrument, variable rate (percentage) | 3.00% |
Secured | Floating Rate Bank Loan Due October 2028 | Guarantor Subsidiaries | LIBOR | Maximum |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Debt instrument, variable rate (percentage) | 3.30% |
Secured | Notes Payable Due May 2028 | Guarantor Subsidiaries |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Debt instrument, interest rate (percent) | 10.40% |
Long-term debt | $ 2,030 | 2,030
Unsecured Debt | Guarantor Subsidiaries |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Long-term debt | 21,874 | 23,019
Unsecured Debt | Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Long-term debt | 967 | 945
Unsecured Debt | Revolver Facility Expires August 2024 | Guarantor Subsidiaries |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Long-term debt | $ 0 | 200
Unsecured Debt | Revolver Facility Expires August 2024 | Guarantor Subsidiaries | LIBOR |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Debt instrument, variable rate (percentage) | 0.70% |
Unsecured Debt | Convertible Notes Payable Due April 2023 | Guarantor Subsidiaries |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Debt instrument, interest rate (percent) | 5.80% |
Short-term debt | $ 0 | 96
Unsecured Debt | Convertible Notes Payable Due October 2024 | Guarantor Subsidiaries |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Debt instrument, interest rate (percent) | 5.80% |
Long-term debt | $ 426 | 426
Unsecured Debt | Notes Payable Due March 2026 | Guarantor Subsidiaries |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Debt instrument, interest rate (percent) | 7.60% |
Long-term debt | $ 1,450 | 1,450
Unsecured Debt | Euro-denominated Notes Payable Due March 2026 | Guarantor Subsidiaries |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Debt instrument, interest rate (percent) | 7.60% |
Long-term debt | $ 535 | 517
Unsecured Debt | Notes Payable Due March 2027 | Guarantor Subsidiaries |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Debt instrument, interest rate (percent) | 5.80% |
Long-term debt | $ 3,500 | 3,500
Unsecured Debt | Convertible Notes Payable Due December 2027 | Guarantor Subsidiaries |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Debt instrument, interest rate (percent) | 5.80% |
Long-term debt | $ 1,131 | 1,131
Unsecured Debt | Notes Payable Due May 2029 | Guarantor Subsidiaries |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Debt instrument, interest rate (percent) | 6.00% |
Long-term debt | $ 2,000 | 2,000
Unsecured Debt | Notes Payable Due June 2030 | Guarantor Subsidiaries |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Debt instrument, interest rate (percent) | 10.50% |
Long-term debt | $ 1,000 | 1,000
Unsecured Debt | Floating Rate Bank Loan Due September 2024 | Guarantor Subsidiaries |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Long-term debt | $ 300 | 590
Unsecured Debt | Floating Rate Bank Loan Due September 2024 | Guarantor Subsidiaries | LIBOR |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Debt instrument, variable rate (percentage) | 3.80% |
Unsecured Debt | Sterling-denominated Floating Rate Bank Loan Due February 2025 | Guarantor Subsidiaries |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Long-term debt | $ 432 | 419
Unsecured Debt | Sterling-denominated Floating Rate Bank Loan Due February 2025 | Guarantor Subsidiaries | Sterling Overnight Index Average (SONIA) |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Debt instrument, variable rate (percentage) | 0.90% |
Unsecured Debt | Euro-denominated Floating Rate Bank Loan Due March 2026 | Guarantor Subsidiaries |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Long-term debt | $ 749 | 827
Unsecured Debt | Euro-denominated Floating Rate Bank Loan Due March 2026 | Guarantor Subsidiaries | Eurodollar | Minimum |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Debt instrument, variable rate (percentage) | 2.40% |
Unsecured Debt | Euro-denominated Floating Rate Bank Loan Due March 2026 | Guarantor Subsidiaries | Eurodollar | Maximum |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Debt instrument, variable rate (percentage) | 4.00% |
Unsecured Debt | Line of Credit, Floating Rate Due December 2031 | Guarantor Subsidiaries |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Long-term debt | $ 617 | 1,246
Unsecured Debt | Line of Credit, Floating Rate Due December 2031 | Guarantor Subsidiaries | LIBOR | Minimum |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Debt instrument, variable rate (percentage) | 0.80% |
Unsecured Debt | Line of Credit, Fixed Rate Due December 2032 | Guarantor Subsidiaries |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Long-term debt | $ 2,950 | 3,143
Unsecured Debt | Line of Credit, Fixed Rate Due December 2032 | Guarantor Subsidiaries | Minimum |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Debt instrument, interest rate (percent) | 2.40% |
Unsecured Debt | Line of Credit, Fixed Rate Due December 2032 | Guarantor Subsidiaries | Maximum |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Debt instrument, interest rate (percent) | 3.40% |
Unsecured Debt | Line of Credit, Euro-denominated Floating Rate Due November 2034 | Guarantor Subsidiaries |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Long-term debt | $ 3,201 | 3,882
Unsecured Debt | Line of Credit, Euro-denominated Floating Rate Due November 2034 | Guarantor Subsidiaries | Eurodollar | Minimum |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Debt instrument, variable rate (percentage) | 0.20% |
Unsecured Debt | Line of Credit, Euro-denominated Floating Rate Due November 2034 | Guarantor Subsidiaries | Eurodollar | Maximum |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Debt instrument, variable rate (percentage) | 0.80% |
Unsecured Debt | Line of Credit, Euro-denominated Fixed Rate Due January 2036 | Guarantor Subsidiaries |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Long-term debt | $ 3,582 | 2,592
Unsecured Debt | Line of Credit, Euro-denominated Fixed Rate Due January 2036 | Guarantor Subsidiaries | Minimum |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Debt instrument, interest rate (percent) | 1.10% |
Unsecured Debt | Line of Credit, Euro-denominated Fixed Rate Due January 2036 | Guarantor Subsidiaries | Maximum |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Debt instrument, interest rate (percent) | 3.40% |
Unsecured Debt | Notes Payable Due October 2023 | Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Debt instrument, interest rate (percent) | 7.20% |
Long-term debt | $ 125 | 125
Unsecured Debt | Notes Payable Due January 2028 | Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Debt instrument, interest rate (percent) | 6.70% |
Long-term debt | $ 200 | 200
Unsecured Debt | Euro-denominated Notes Payable Due October 2029 | Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Debt instrument, interest rate (percent) | 1.00% |
Long-term debt | $ 642 | $ 620

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