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Contract with Customer, Capitalized Sales Commissions, Amortization

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Amount, after allowance for credit loss, of right to consideration in exchange for good or service transferred to customer when right is conditioned on something other than passage of time.

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Amount of obligation to transfer good or service to customer for which consideration has been received or is receivable.

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Amount of revenue recognized that was previously included in balance of obligation to transfer good or service to customer for which consideration from customer has been received or is due.

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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.

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Amount of increase (decrease) in obligation to transfer good or service to customer for which consideration has been received or is receivable.

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Term of lessor's operating lease, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Amount of transaction price allocated to performance obligation that has not been recognized as revenue.

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Amount of sales-type lease initial direct cost recognized as expense at commencement date.

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- Narrative (Details) - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
- Narrative (Details) - USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Contract assets	$ 0	$ 0
Deferred revenue recognized	181,000,000
Deferred consideration during period	203,000,000
Deferred revenue	603,687,000	582,078,000
Contracted not recognized revenue	2,900,000,000
Capitalized sales commissions	105,000,000	107,000,000
Initial direct costs of leases	55,000,000	53,000,000
Sales commissions expense	43,000,000	37,000,000	$ 33,000,000
ChoiceLease
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Deferred revenue	$ 587,000,000	$ 566,000,000
Minimum \| ChoiceLease
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Term of contract	3 years
Minimum \| DTS and SCS
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Term of contract	3 years
Maximum \| ChoiceLease
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Term of contract	7 years
Maximum \| DTS and SCS
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Term of contract	5 years