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1085 - Disclosure - Benefit or Income Cost Related to Pension and Postretirement Health Care and Life Insurance Plans (Detail)
(http://www.verizon.com/taxonomy/role/DisclosureBenefitOrIncomeCostRelatedToPensionAndPostretirementHealthCareAndLifeInsurancePlans)
TableSchedule of Defined Benefit Plans Disclosures [Table]
Slicers (applies to each fact value in each table cell)
Reporting Entity [Axis]0000732712 (http://www.sec.gov/CIK)
Legal Entity [Axis]Entity [Domain]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]Period [Axis]
2013-01-01 - 2013-12-31
2012-01-01 - 2012-12-31
2011-01-01 - 2011-12-31
Defined Benefit Plans Disclosures Defined Benefit Plans [Axis]Defined Benefit Plans Disclosures Defined Benefit Plans [Axis]Defined Benefit Plans Disclosures Defined Benefit Plans [Axis]
Pension Plans Defined Benefit [Member]Health Care And Life [Member]Pension Plans Defined Benefit [Member]Health Care And Life [Member]Pension Plans Defined Benefit [Member]Health Care And Life [Member]
Service cost
395,000,000  
318,000,000  
358,000,000  
359,000,000  
307,000,000  
299,000,000  
Amortization of prior service cost (credit)
6,000,000  
(247,000,000) 
(1,000,000) 
(89,000,000) 
72,000,000  
(57,000,000) 
Subtotal
401,000,000  
 
71,000,000  
 
357,000,000  
 
270,000,000  
 
379,000,000  
 
242,000,000  
 
Expected return on plan assets
(1,245,000,000) 
(143,000,000) 
(1,795,000,000) 
(171,000,000) 
(1,976,000,000) 
(163,000,000) 
Interest cost
1,002,000,000  
1,095,000,000  
1,449,000,000  
1,284,000,000  
1,590,000,000  
1,421,000,000  
Subtotal
158,000,000  
 
1,023,000,000  
 
11,000,000  
 
1,383,000,000  
 
(7,000,000) 
 
1,500,000,000  
 
Remeasurement (gain) loss, net
(2,470,000,000) 
(3,989,000,000) 
5,542,000,000  
1,262,000,000  
4,146,000,000  
1,787,000,000  
Net periodic benefit (income) cost
(2,312,000,000) 
 
(2,966,000,000) 
 
5,553,000,000  
 
2,645,000,000  
 
4,139,000,000  
 
3,287,000,000  
 
Curtailment and termination benefits
4,000,000  
 
 
 
 
 
Total
(2,308,000,000) 
 
(2,966,000,000) 
 
5,553,000,000  
 
2,645,000,000  
 
4,139,000,000  
 
3,287,000,000