Royalty Expense, Percentage Of Revenue

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Expenses recognized resulting from transactions (excluding transactions that are eliminated in consolidated or combined financial statements) with related party.

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Amount of selling, general and administrative expenses resulting from transactions, excluding transactions that are eliminated in consolidated or combined financial statements, with related party.

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Amount of expense related to royalty payments under a contractual arrangement such as payment for mineral and drilling rights and use of technology or intellectual property.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 220
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
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Related Party Transactions (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2019	Sep. 30, 2018	Sep. 30, 2019	Sep. 30, 2018
Related Party Transactions [Line Items]
Royalty expense	$ 0	$ 1,000,000	$ 0	$ 1,000,000
Directly Charged Corporate Expenses [Member]
Related Party Transactions [Line Items]
Corporate expenses		7,000,000		14,000,000
Allocated Corporate Expenses [Member]
Related Party Transactions [Line Items]
Corporate expenses		11,000,000		35,000,000
Health Insurance Coverage Premiums [Member]
Related Party Transactions [Line Items]
Insurance expense		0		6,000,000
Risk Management Insurance Policies [Member]
Related Party Transactions [Line Items]
Insurance expense		1,000,000		$ 2,000,000
ServiceMaster [Member]
Related Party Transactions [Line Items]
Royalty fee as a percent of customer revenues				0.175%
Royalty expense		$ 1,000,000		$ 1,000,000