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Disposal Group Including Discontinued Operation Consideration, Note Receivable

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Disposal Group Including Discontinued Operation Consideration, Note Receivable, Term

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Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Consideration, Voting Rights Acquired, Percent

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Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Equity Percentage To Be Purchased

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Amount of consideration received or receivable for the disposal of assets and liabilities, including discontinued operation.

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Amount before tax of gain (loss) recognized on the sale or disposal of a disposal group. Excludes discontinued operations.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 360
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 5
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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
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-Section 45
-Paragraph 28
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-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=118932676&loc=d3e3602-108585

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 360
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-Subparagraph (c)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=109226691&loc=d3e2941-110230

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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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The cash inflow associated with the amount received from the sale of a portion of the company's business, for example a segment, division, branch or other business, during the period.

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Divestitures (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions			3 Months Ended
Divestitures (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Jan. 21, 2020	Jan. 25, 2019	Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2019
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Gain on divestitures			$ 154	$ 0
Lion City Rentals \| Not Discontinued Operations
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Equity percentage to be purchased		100.00%
Fair value of consideration received, cash		$ 310
Contingent consideration		$ 33
Uber Eats India \| Not Discontinued Operations
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Voting capital (in percent)	9.99%
Term of note receivable	4 years
Note received	$ 35
Investment value	171
Gain on divestitures	$ 154		$ 154