Qurate Retail, Inc. Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Assets And Liabilities Measured At Fair Value (Assets And Liabilities Measured At Fair Value On A Recurring Basis) (Details)

Assets And Liabilities Measured At Fair Value (Assets And Liabilities Measured At Fair Value On A Recurring Basis) (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Cash equivalents	$ 2,230	$ 2,147
Short term marketable securities	860us-gaap_MarketableSecuritiesCurrent	889us-gaap_MarketableSecuritiesCurrent
Available-for-sale securities	1,207us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecurities	1,220us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecurities
Available-for-sale Securities, Noncurrent	1,236	1,224
Debt	2,502us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFairValue	2,574us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFairValue
Fair Value, Inputs (Level 1)
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Cash equivalents	2,230	2,147
Short term marketable securities	254	277
Available-for-sale securities	1,186	1,203
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Short term marketable securities	606	612
Available-for-sale securities	21	17
Debt	$ 2,502	$ 2,574

- Definition

Investments in debt and equity securities which are categorized neither as held-to-maturity nor trading and which are intended to be sold or mature more than one year from the balance sheet date or operating cycle, if longer. Such securities are reported at fair value; unrealized gains (losses) related to Available-for-sale Securities are excluded from earnings and reported in a separate component of shareholders' equity (other comprehensive income), unless the Available-for-sale security is designated as a hedge or is determined to have had an other than temporary decline in fair value below its amortized cost basis. All or a portion of the unrealized holding gain (loss) of an Available-for-sale security that is designated as being hedged in a fair value hedge is recognized in earnings during the period of the hedge, as are other than temporary declines in fair value below the cost basis for investments in equity securities and debt securities that an entity intends to sell or it is more likely than not that it will be required to sell before the recovery of its amortized cost basis. Other than temporary declines in fair value below the cost basis for debt securities categorized as Available-for-sale that an entity does not intend to sell and for which it is not more likely than not that the entity will be required to sell before the recovery of its amortized cost basis are bifurcated into credit losses and losses related to all other factors. Other than temporary declines in fair value below cost basis related to credit losses are recognized in earnings, and losses related to all other factors are recognized in other comprehensive income.

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