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Debt - Additional Information (Detail) | 1 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended |  |  |
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May 31, 2020 USD ($) | Mar. 31, 2020 USD ($) | Sep. 30, 2020 USD ($) | Sep. 30, 2020 EUR (€) | Aug. 15, 2020 | Mar. 08, 2020 USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Senior notes subject to interest rate adjustment |  |  | $ 4,500,000,000 |  |  |
Interest rate change due to downgrade |  |  | 0.0025 |  |  |
Total interest rate change |  |  | 0.0050 |  |  |
Annual interest expense |  |  | $ 17,000,000 |  |  |
Increase in interest expense, annualized |  |  | 23,000,000 |  |  |
Deferred gain (loss) on net investment hedge recorded in AOCL, net of tax |  |  | (11,000,000) |  |  |
Revolving Credit Facility |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Line of credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity |  |  |  |  |  | $ 1,250,000,000
Line of credit |  |  | $ 0 |  |  |
Revolving Credit Facility | LIBOR |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Borrowing rate margin |  |  | 1.275% |  |  |
4.20% senior notes due 2026 |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest rate |  |  | 4.20% | 4.20% |  |
4.70% senior notes due 2020 |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest rate |  |  | 4.70% | 4.70% | 4.70% |
3.75% senior notes due October 2021 |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt instrument, face amount | € |  |  |  | € 300,000,000 |  |
Commercial Paper |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Line of credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity |  |  |  |  |  | $ 800,000,000
Senior notes | 4.875% senior notes due May 2025 |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt instrument, face amount | $ 500,000,000 |  |  |  |  |
Interest rate | 4.875% |  |  |  |  |
Proceeds from issuance of senior debt | $ 492,000,000 |  |  |  |  |
Redemption price percentage | 100.00% |  |  |  |  |
Senior notes | 4.875% senior notes due May 2025 | US Treasury (UST) interest rate |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Borrowing rate margin | 0.50% |  |  |  |  |
Senior notes | 4.20% senior notes due 2026 |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt instrument, face amount |  | $ 15,000,000 |  |  |  |
Interest rate |  | 4.20% |  |  |  |
Repayments of senior debt |  | $ 15,000,000 |  |  |  |
Senior notes | 4.70% senior notes due 2020 |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest rate |  |  | 4.70% | 4.70% |  |
Senior notes | 3.75% senior notes due October 2021 |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest rate |  |  | 3.75% | 3.75% |  |
Receivables facilities |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Line of credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity |  |  | $ 600,000,000 |  |  |
Line of credit |  |  | $ 0 |  |  |

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