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Debt - Long-Term and Short-Term Borrowings (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions | 6 Months Ended |
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May 31, 2026 | Nov. 30, 2025
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Total Debt | $ 25,570 | $ 27,383
Less: unamortized debt issuance costs and discounts | (681) | (744)
Total Debt, net of unamortized debt issuance costs and discounts | 24,889 | 26,640
Less: Current portion of long-term debt | (1,471) | (2,603)
Long-Term Debt | $ 23,418 | 24,037
Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Credit adjustment spread (as a percent) | 0.00% |
Secured | Guarantor Subsidiaries |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Long-term debt | $ 3,098 | 3,098
Secured | Notes Payable Due June 2027 | Guarantor Subsidiaries |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Debt instrument, interest rate (as a percent) | 7.88% |
Long-term debt | $ 192 | 192
Secured | Notes Payable Due August 2028 | Guarantor Subsidiaries |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Debt instrument, interest rate (as a percent) | 4.00% |
Long-term debt | $ 2,406 | 2,406
Secured | Notes Payable Due August 2029 | Guarantor Subsidiaries |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Debt instrument, interest rate (as a percent) | 7.00% |
Long-term debt | $ 500 | 500
Unsecured Debt | Guarantor Subsidiaries |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Long-term debt | 19,674 | 21,411
Unsecured Debt | Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Long-term debt | $ 2,799 | 2,874
Unsecured Debt | Convertible Notes Payable Due December 2025 | Guarantor Subsidiaries |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Debt instrument, interest rate (as a percent) | 5.75% |
Long-term debt | $ 0 | 1,131
Unsecured Debt | Notes Payable Due May 2029 | Guarantor Subsidiaries |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Debt instrument, interest rate (as a percent) | 5.13% |
Long-term debt | $ 1,250 | 1,250
Unsecured Debt | Euro-denominated Notes Payable Due January 2030 | Guarantor Subsidiaries |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Debt instrument, interest rate (as a percent) | 5.75% |
Long-term debt | $ 583 | 580
Unsecured Debt | Notes Payable Due March 2030 | Guarantor Subsidiaries |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Debt instrument, interest rate (as a percent) | 5.75% |
Long-term debt | $ 1,000 | 1,000
Unsecured Debt | Notes Payable Due June 2031 | Guarantor Subsidiaries |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Debt instrument, interest rate (as a percent) | 5.88% |
Long-term debt | $ 1,000 | 1,000
Unsecured Debt | Euro-denominated Notes Payable Due July 2031 | Guarantor Subsidiaries |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Debt instrument, interest rate (as a percent) | 4.13% |
Long-term debt | $ 1,166 | 1,160
Unsecured Debt | Notes Payable Due August 2032 | Guarantor Subsidiaries |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Debt instrument, interest rate (as a percent) | 5.75% |
Long-term debt | $ 3,000 | 3,000
Unsecured Debt | Notes Payable Due February 2033 | Guarantor Subsidiaries |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Debt instrument, interest rate (as a percent) | 6.13% |
Long-term debt | $ 2,000 | 2,000
Unsecured Debt | Line of Credit, Floating Rate Due November 2027 | Guarantor Subsidiaries |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Long-term debt | $ 900 | 900
Unsecured Debt | Line of Credit, Floating Rate Due November 2027 | Guarantor Subsidiaries | Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) | Minimum |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Debt instrument, variable rate (as a percent) | 1.13% |
Unsecured Debt | Line of Credit, Floating Rate Due November 2027 | Guarantor Subsidiaries | Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) | Maximum |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Debt instrument, variable rate (as a percent) | 1.38% |
Unsecured Debt | Line of Credit, Floating Rate Due December 2031 | Guarantor Subsidiaries |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Long-term debt | $ 411 | 446
Unsecured Debt | Line of Credit, Floating Rate Due December 2031 | Guarantor Subsidiaries | Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Debt instrument, variable rate (as a percent) | 1.20% |
Unsecured Debt | Line of Credit, Fixed Rate Due December 2032 | Guarantor Subsidiaries |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Long-term debt | $ 1,790 | 1,983
Unsecured Debt | Line of Credit, Fixed Rate Due December 2032 | Guarantor Subsidiaries | Minimum |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Debt instrument, interest rate (as a percent) | 2.42% |
Unsecured Debt | Line of Credit, Fixed Rate Due December 2032 | Guarantor Subsidiaries | Maximum |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Debt instrument, interest rate (as a percent) | 3.38% |
Unsecured Debt | Line of Credit, Euro-denominated Floating Rate Due November 2034 | Guarantor Subsidiaries |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Long-term debt | $ 1,699 | 1,839
Unsecured Debt | Line of Credit, Euro-denominated Floating Rate Due November 2034 | Guarantor Subsidiaries | Eurodollar | Minimum |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Debt instrument, variable rate (as a percent) | 0.55% |
Unsecured Debt | Line of Credit, Euro-denominated Floating Rate Due November 2034 | Guarantor Subsidiaries | Eurodollar | Maximum |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Debt instrument, variable rate (as a percent) | 0.80% |
Unsecured Debt | Line of Credit, Euro-denominated Fixed Rate Due Sep 2037 | Guarantor Subsidiaries |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Long-term debt | $ 4,875 | 5,123
Unsecured Debt | Line of Credit, Euro-denominated Fixed Rate Due Sep 2037 | Guarantor Subsidiaries | Minimum |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Debt instrument, interest rate (as a percent) | 1.05% |
Unsecured Debt | Line of Credit, Euro-denominated Fixed Rate Due Sep 2037 | Guarantor Subsidiaries | Maximum |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Debt instrument, interest rate (as a percent) | 4.00% |
Unsecured Debt | Notes Payable Due January 2028 | Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Debt instrument, interest rate (as a percent) | 6.65% |
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 (as a percent) | 1.00% |
Long-term debt | $ 700 | 696
Unsecured Debt | Euro-denominated Floating Rate Bank Loan Due April 2029 | Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Long-term debt | $ 350 | 348
Unsecured Debt | Euro-denominated Floating Rate Bank Loan Due April 2029 | Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries | Eurodollar |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Debt instrument, variable rate (as a percent) | 1.95% |
Unsecured Debt | Euro-denominated Floating Rate Bank Loan Due December 2033 | Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Long-term debt | $ 588 | 621
Unsecured Debt | Euro-denominated Floating Rate Bank Loan Due December 2033 | Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries | Eurodollar |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Debt instrument, variable rate (as a percent) | 0.55% |
Unsecured Debt | Line of Credit, Euro-denominated Fixed Rate Due April 2036 | Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Long-term debt | $ 962 | $ 1,010
Unsecured Debt | Line of Credit, Euro-denominated Fixed Rate Due April 2036 | Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries | Minimum |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Debt instrument, interest rate (as a percent) | 1.25% |
Unsecured Debt | Line of Credit, Euro-denominated Fixed Rate Due April 2036 | Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries | Maximum |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Debt instrument, interest rate (as a percent) | 1.73% |

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