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Acquisitions Indesit Company S.p.A. (Details) |  |  | 0 Months Ended
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Mar. 12, 2015 Senior Notes USD ($) | Mar. 12, 2015 Senior Notes EUR (€) | Nov. 04, 2014 Senior Notes USD ($) | Dec. 03, 2014 Indesit USD ($) | Dec. 03, 2014 Indesit EUR (€)
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Payments to acquire business, net of cash acquired |  |  |  | $ 1,400,000,000us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesNetOfCashAcquired / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = whr_IndesitCompanyS.p.A.Member | € 1,100,000,000us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesNetOfCashAcquired / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = whr_IndesitCompanyS.p.A.Member
Debt instrument, face amount | $ 525,000,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = us-gaap_SeniorNotesMember | € 500,000,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = us-gaap_SeniorNotesMember | $ 650,000,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = us-gaap_SeniorNotesMember |  |

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