Notes Payable and Long-Term Debt (Details) (USD $) | 3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended | 1 Months Ended | ||||
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Oct. 29, 2011 | Oct. 29, 2011 | Jul. 30, 2011
Fixed rate unsecured debt | Jul. 30, 2011
Floating rate unsecured debt | Oct. 31, 2011
Unsecured | Oct. 29, 2011
Unsecured | Oct. 29, 2011
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| Notes Payable and Long-Term Debt | |||||||
| Amount outstanding | $ 1,211,000,000 | $ 1,211,000,000 | $ 1,211,000,000 | ||||
| Average amount outstanding during the period | 351,000,000 | 227,000,000 | |||||
| Unsecured debt, amount issued | 350,000,000 | 650,000,000 | |||||
| Unsecured debt, fixed interest rate (as a percent) | 1.125% | ||||||
| Variable interest rate used | three-month LIBOR | ||||||
| Basis spread on variable rate used (as a percent) | 0.17% | ||||||
| Period of unsecured revolving credit facility (in years) | 5Y | ||||||
| Unsecured revolving credit facility | $ 2,250,000,000 | ||||||
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- Definition Interest rate stated in the contractual debt agreement. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition 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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- Definition Reflects when the credit facility terminates, which may be presented in a variety of ways (year, month and year, day, month and year, quarter). Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Reflects the total carrying amount as of the balance sheet date of debt having initial terms less than one year or the normal operating cycle, if longer. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition For the form of debt having an initial term of less than one year or less than the normal operating cycle, if longer, average borrowings during the period.
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