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FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of Derivative Instruments | The Company maintains various fixed-to-variable interest rate swaps to convert a portion of the Company's long-term debt into variable interest rate debt. A summary of the notional amounts of these interest rate swaps as of December 31, 2017 and 2016 was as follows:
|  | Notional Amount
Debt Instrument |  | 2017 |  | 2016
4.25% Senior Notes due April 2024 |  | 250 |  |  | 250 |
3.50% Senior Notes due March 2025 |  | 600 |  |  | 600 |
3.45% Senior Notes due June 2026 |  | 350 |  |  | 350 |
|  | $ | 1,200 |  |  | $ | 1,200 |
Schedule of Debt Instrument Fair Value Basis Adjustment Attributable to Hedged Debt | As of December 31, 2017, the following amounts were recorded on the consolidated balance sheet related to cumulative basis adjustments for fair value hedges:
Balance Sheet Classification |  | Carrying Amount of Hedged Long-Term Debt | Cumulative Amount of Fair Value Hedging Adjustment Included in the Carrying Amount of the Hedged Long-Term Debt |
| December 31, 2017 |  | December 31, 2017 |
Long-term debt |  | $ | 1,132 |  |  | $ | (33 | ) | (a)
(a) The balance includes $56 million of remaining unamortized hedging adjustment on a discontinued relationship
Schedule of Fair Value Hedging Instruments and Hedged Item, Statement of Financial Performance, Location | The following table presents the effect of fair value hedge accounting on the consolidated statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2017:
|  | Other income (expense), net
Total for line item in which the effects of fair value hedges are recorded |  | $ | 16 |
Gain (loss) on fair value hedging relationships: |  |
Hedged items (Long-term debt) |  | $ | 1 |
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments |  | $ | (1 | )
Schedule of The Fair Values of Derivative Instruments | A summary of the fair values of derivative instruments in the consolidated balance sheets was as follows:
| December 31, 2017 |  | December 31, 2016
| Balance Sheet Classification |  | Fair Value |  | Balance Sheet Classification |  | Fair Value
Derivatives Designated as Hedging Instruments |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest rate swaps | Other liabilities |  | $ | 89 |  |  | Other liabilities |  | $ | 88 |

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