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Fair Value (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2021
Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract] |
Summary of Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis | The following table presents the Company’s assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis, excluding pension assets and derivative assets and liabilities. See Note 9 – “Derivative Instruments” for information about these excluded assets and liabilities. There were no transfers between any of the levels during the periods presented.
|  | Fair Value Hierarchy
(in millions) |  | September 30, 2021
Assets: |  | Fair Value |  | Level 1 |  | Level 2 |  | Level 3
Money market funds and money market deposit accounts |  | $ | 13 |  |  | $ | 13 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
Time deposits(1) |  | 83 |  |  | 83 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Other securities(2) |  | 58 |  |  | — |  |  | 55 |  |  | 3 |
Total assets |  | $ | 154 |  |  | $ | 96 |  |  | $ | 55 |  |  | $ | 3 |
Liabilities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Contingent consideration |  | $ | 20 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 20 |
Total liabilities |  | $ | 20 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 20 |
|  | March 31, 2021
Assets: |  | Fair Value |  | Level 1 |  | Level 2 |  | Level 3
Money market funds and money market deposit accounts |  | $ | 12 |  |  | $ | 12 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
Time deposits(1) |  | 78 |  |  | 78 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Other securities(2) |  | 57 |  |  | — |  |  | 55 |  |  | 2 |
Total assets |  | $ | 147 |  |  | $ | 90 |  |  | $ | 55 |  |  | $ | 2 |
Liabilities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Contingent consideration |  | $ | 27 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 27 |
Total liabilities |  | $ | 27 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 27 |
(1) Cost basis approximated fair value due to the short period of time to maturity. (2) Other securities include available-for-sale equity security investments with Level 2 inputs that have a cost basis of $56 million and $57 million, and gains/(losses) of $(1) million and $(2) million, as of September 30, 2021 and March 31, 2021, respectively, included in other income, net in the Company’s statements of operations.

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- Definition Disclosure related to assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis. The disclosures herein include the fair value measurements at the reporting date by the level within the fair value hierarchy, segregating fair value measurements using quoted prices in active markets for identical assets (Level 1), significant other observable inputs (Level 2), and significant unobservable inputs (Level 3). + References No definition available. + Details
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