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Debt - Line of Credit and Commercial Paper - Additional Information (Details) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($)
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items] |
Debt instrument, maturity date | Jan. 10, 2022
Commercial Paper [Member] |
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items] |
Unsecured revolving credit facility | $ 500,000,000.0
Weighted average interest rate | 2.61%
Weighted average amount outstanding | $ 384,700,000
Commercial paper weighted average days outstanding | 28 days
Commercial paper principal outstanding | $ 500,000,000.0
Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility |
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items] |
Unsecured revolving credit facility | 2,000,000,000.0
Ability to increase LOC facility | $ 750,000,000.0
Debt instrument, basis spread on variable rate | 0.825%
Percentage points of line of credit facility commitment fee | 0.125%
Revolving Credit Facility |
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items] |
Weighted average interest rate | 3.14%

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- Definition Represents the amount by which available borrowings on the unsecured revolving credit facility may be increased. The available borrowings may be increased by adding additional banks to the facility or obtaining the agreement of existing banks to increase their commitments. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition Represents the gross amount of commercial paper outstanding, not adjusted for the discount. + References No definition available. + Details
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Balance Type: | credit
Period Type: | instant

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- Definition Commercial Paper Weighted average period outstanding. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition Percentage points of line of credit facility commitment fee. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition Percentage points added to the reference rate to compute the variable rate on the debt instrument. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition Date when the debt instrument is scheduled to be fully repaid, in CCYY-MM-DD format. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 210 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.22(a)(2)) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 820 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (bbb)(2) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=117815213&loc=d3e19207-110258 + Details
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- Definition Weighted average interest rate of debt outstanding. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition Average amount borrowed under the credit facility during the period. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility. + References Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 210 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.19(b),22(b)) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682 + Details
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