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Financing Receivables and Operating Leases - Components of Financing Receivables (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions | Apr. 30, 2018 | Oct. 31, 2017 | Oct. 31, 2016
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Leases [Abstract] |  |  |
Minimum lease payments receivable | $ 8,571 | $ 8,226 |
Unguaranteed residual value | 289 | 272 |
Unearned income | (697) | (654) |
Financing receivables, gross | 8,163 | 7,844 |
Allowance for doubtful accounts | (97) | (86) | $ (89)
Financing receivables, net | 8,066 | 7,758 |
Less: current portion | (3,503) | (3,378) |
Amounts due after one year, net | $ 4,563 | $ 4,380 |

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- Definition The difference between the minimum lease payments and the present value of the same payments discounted at the implicit interest rate on capital leases. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition The estimate of the lease property's economic value at the end of the financing lease term excluding any amounts guaranteed by either the lessee or a third-party. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition Amount of minimum lease payments to be received by the lessor for capital leases. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 840 -SubTopic 30 -Section 50 -Paragraph 4 -Subparagraph (b) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=84165051&loc=d3e45377-112738 + Details
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- Definition The net amount due within one year of the balance sheet date or the normal operating cycle, if longer, consisting of: (a) minimum lease payments due on direct financing and sales-type leases, (b) unguaranteed residual value, and (c) any unamortized initial direct costs on direct financing leases; less: (i) executory costs, (ii) unearned income, and (iii) the accumulated allowance for uncollectible minimum lease payments. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 840 -SubTopic 30 -Section 50 -Paragraph 4 -Subparagraph (a) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=84165051&loc=d3e45377-112738 + Details
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- Definition The net amount due after one year of the balance sheet date or beyond the normal operating cycle, if longer, consisting of: (a) minimum lease payments due on direct financing and sales-type leases, (b) unguaranteed residual value, and (c) any unamortized initial direct costs on direct financing leases; less: (i) executory costs, (ii) unearned income, and (iii) the accumulated allowance for uncollectible minimum lease payments. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 840 -SubTopic 30 -Section 50 -Paragraph 4 -Subparagraph (a) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=84165051&loc=d3e45377-112738 + Details
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- Definition The lessor's asset under sales type and direct financing leases. The net investment in direct financing and sales-type leases as of the balance sheet date consisting of: (a) minimum lease payments due on direct financing leases, (b) unguaranteed residual value, and (c) any unamortized initial direct costs on direct financing leases; less: (i) estimated executory costs, (ii) unearned income, and (iii) the accumulated allowance for uncollectible minimum lease payments. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 840 -SubTopic 30 -Section 50 -Paragraph 4 -Subparagraph (a) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=84165051&loc=d3e45377-112738 + Details
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- Definition A valuation allowance for financing receivables that are expected to be uncollectible. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 310 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 11B -Subparagraph (c)(1) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=84173941&loc=SL6953423-111524 + Details
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- Definition Net amount of the investment in a contractual right to receive money on demand or on fixed or determinable dates that is recognized as an asset in the creditor's statement of financial position. Examples include, but are not limited to, credit card receivables, notes receivable and receivables relating to lessor's rights to payments from leases other than operating leases that have been recorded as assets. Excludes trade accounts receivable with contractual maturity of one year or less and arose from the sale of goods or services. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 210 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.3) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682 + Details
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