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PENDING ACQUISITON (Details) (USD $)
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3 Months Ended | 0 Months Ended | ||
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May 02, 2015
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Jan. 22, 2015
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Jan. 31, 2015
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May 03, 2014
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| Business Acquisition [Line Items] | ||||
| Other Liabilities, Current | $ 474.3us-gaap_OtherLiabilitiesCurrent | $ 385.3us-gaap_OtherLiabilitiesCurrent | $ 196.4us-gaap_OtherLiabilitiesCurrent | |
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| Business acquisition price per share (usd per share) |
59.60us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionSharePrice / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = dltr_FamilyDollarMember |
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| Expected merger related expenses |
35.0dltr_BusinessCombinationEstimatedAcquisitionRelatedCosts / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = dltr_FamilyDollarMember |
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| Business acquisition transaction costs |
10.4us-gaap_BusinessCombinationAcquisitionRelatedCosts / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = dltr_FamilyDollarMember |
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| Debt Issuance Cost |
45.8us-gaap_DebtIssuanceCosts / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = dltr_FamilyDollarMember |
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| Deferred Finance Costs, Noncurrent, Gross |
115.9us-gaap_DeferredFinanceCostsNoncurrentGross / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = dltr_FamilyDollarMember |
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| Expected capitalizable costs related to pending acquisition |
174.0dltr_BusinessCombinationCapitalCostEstimate / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = dltr_FamilyDollarMember |
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| Other Liabilities, Current |
$ 256.3us-gaap_OtherLiabilitiesCurrent / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = dltr_FamilyDollarMember |
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| Family Dollar [Member] | Common Stock [Member] | Minimum [Member] | ||||
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| Conversion of stock (shares) |
0.2484us-gaap_ConversionOfStockSharesConverted1 / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = dltr_FamilyDollarMember / us-gaap_RangeAxis = us-gaap_MinimumMember / us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis = us-gaap_CommonStockMember |
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| Family Dollar [Member] | Common Stock [Member] | Maximum [Member] | ||||
| Business Acquisition [Line Items] | ||||
| Conversion of stock (shares) |
0.3036us-gaap_ConversionOfStockSharesConverted1 / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = dltr_FamilyDollarMember / us-gaap_RangeAxis = us-gaap_MaximumMember / us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis = us-gaap_CommonStockMember |
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Expected capitalizable costs related to proposed merger No definition available.
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Merger related costs expected to incur on or before closing of proposed acquisition. No definition available.
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Price of a single share of a number of saleable stocks paid or offered to be paid in a business combination. No definition available.
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This element represents acquisition-related costs incurred to effect a business combination which costs have been expensed during the period. Such costs include finder's fees; advisory, legal, accounting, valuation, and other professional or consulting fees; general administrative costs, including the costs of maintaining an internal acquisitions department; and may include costs of registering and issuing debt and equity securities. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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The number of shares converted in a noncash (or part noncash) transaction. Noncash is defined as transactions during a period that do not result in cash receipts or cash payments in the period. "Part noncash" refers to that portion of the transaction not resulting in cash receipts or cash payments in the period. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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Amount of debt issuance costs (for example, but not limited to, legal, accounting, broker, and regulatory fees). No definition available.
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Gross amount, as of the balance sheet date, of capitalized costs associated with the issuance of debt instruments (for example, legal, accounting, underwriting, printing, and registration costs) that will be charged against earnings in periods after one year or beyond the normal operating cycle, if longer, over the life of the long-term debt instruments to which such costs pertain. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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Aggregate carrying amount of current liabilities (due within one year or within the normal operating cycle if longer) not separately disclosed in the balance sheet. Includes costs that are statutory in nature, are incurred on contractual obligations, or accumulate over time and for which invoices have not yet been received or will not be rendered and of liabilities not separately disclosed. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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