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Stock Repurchase Activities (Detail) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands | 12 Months Ended
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Oct. 31, 2015 | Oct. 31, 2014 | Oct. 31, 2013
Stock Repurchase Program |  |  |
Shares repurchased | 5,672 | 3,092 | 3,996
Average purchase price | $ 45.84 | $ 38.72 | $ 36.29
Aggregate purchase price | $ 260,000 | $ 119,747 | $ 145,016
Reissuance of treasury stock | 4,864 | 4,888 | 7,266

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- Definition Number of treasury shares (units) reissued during the period, excluding reissuance of shares (units) held in treasury used to satisfy equity-based compensation obligations exercised by the holders of such rights. Upon reissuance of shares (units) from treasury, either the common or preferred stock (unit) reissued is outstanding. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 505 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6928386&loc=d3e21463-112644 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Regulation S-X (SX) -Number 210 -Section 04 -Article 3 + Details
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