Qurate Retail, Inc. Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Basis of Presentation (Details)

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Basis of Presentation (Details)		1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Basis of Presentation (Details)	Jul. 22, 2016 shares	Oct. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Nov. 04, 2016 USD ($)	Nov. 02, 2016 USD ($)
Reimbursement from Liberty Expedia Holdings		$ 4,000,000
Cash distributed to Liberty from Liberty Expedia Holdings						$ 299,000,000
Related Party Transaction, Amounts of Transaction			$ 11,000,000	$ 10,000,000	$ 13,000,000
Liberty Ventures common stock \| Common Class A
Spilt-Off redemption ratio						0.4
Liberty Ventures common stock \| Common Class B
Spilt-Off redemption ratio						0.4
CommerceHub \| Common Class A
Shares issued as dividend \| shares	0.1
CommerceHub \| Common Class B
Shares issued as dividend \| shares	0.1
CommerceHub \| Common Class C
Shares issued as dividend \| shares	0.2
Liberty Expedia Holdings \| Expedia Holdings Margin Loan
Principal amount							$ 350,000,000
Liberty Expedia Holdings \| Common Class A
Spilt-Off redemption ratio						0.4
Liberty Expedia Holdings \| Common Class B
Spilt-Off redemption ratio						0.4

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