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Revenue Recognition (Receivables and Contract Liabilities from Contracts with Customers) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions | May 04, 2019 | Feb. 02, 2019 | May 05, 2018 | Feb. 03, 2018
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Revenue Recognition [Abstract] |  |  |  |  |
Receivables, net | [1] | $ 484 | $ 565 | $ 582 |
Short-term contract liabilities included in: |  |  |  |  |
Unredeemed gift cards |  | 265 | 290 | 285 |
Deferred revenue |  | 409 | 446 | 371 |
Accrued liabilities |  | 139 | 146 | 139 |
Long-term contract liabilities included in: |  |  |  |  |
Long-term liabilities |  | 10 | 11 | 20 |
Receivables, allowance for doubtful accounts |  | $ 12 | $ 13 | $ 26 | $ 24
[1] | Receivables are recorded net of allowances for doubtful accounts of $12 million, $13 million, and $26 million as of May 4, 2019, February 2, 2019, and May 5, 2018, respectively.

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- Definition Amount of accumulated credit loss for right to consideration in exchange for good or service transferred to customer when right is conditioned on something other than passage of time. + References Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 606 -SubTopic 10 -Section 45 -Paragraph 3 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=82913815&loc=SL49130533-203044 + Details
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