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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Oct. 29, 2017
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES |
Reconciliation of the Changes in Warranty Liability and Unearned Premiums | A reconciliation of the changes in the warranty liability and unearned premiums in millions of dollars follows:
|  | Warranty Liability/ |
|  | Unearned Premiums |
|  | 2017 |  | 2016 |
Beginning of year balance |  | $ | 1,226 |  | $ | 1,261 |
Payments |  |  | (743) |  |  | (783) |
Amortization of premiums received |  |  | (207) |  |  | (202) |
Accruals for warranties |  |  | 959 |  |  | 758 |
Premiums received |  |  | 224 |  |  | 181 |
Foreign exchange |  |  | 9 |  |  | 11 |
End of year balance |  | $ | 1,468 |  | $ | 1,226 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the changes in the guarantor's aggregate standard and extended product warranty liabilities, including the beginning balance, the aggregate reductions in that liability for payments made (in cash or in kind) under the standard warranty, the aggregate changes in the liability related to the amortization of extended warranty premiums, the aggregate changes in the liability for accruals related to product warranties issued during the reporting period, the aggregate changes in the liability for accruals related to preexisting warranties (including adjustments related to changes in estimates), the aggregate changes in the liability for extended warranty premiums received, and the ending balance. + References No definition available. + Details
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