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Commitments and Contingencies - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Feb. 01, 2020	Feb. 02, 2019	Nov. 30, 2005
Commitments And Contingencies Disclosure [Line Items]
Letters of credit, outstanding amount	$ 53.1	$ 56.7
Purchase commitments related to goods or services	921.2
Death benefits			$ 1.0
Guarantee Performance Under Insurance And Utility Agreement
Commitments And Contingencies Disclosure [Line Items]
Letters of credit, outstanding amount	46.6	48.9
Merchandising Agreement
Commitments And Contingencies Disclosure [Line Items]
Letters of credit, outstanding amount	6.5	7.8
Letter of Credit
Commitments And Contingencies Disclosure [Line Items]
Letters of credit, outstanding amount	$ 501.8	$ 543.3

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Commitments and contingencies disclosure.

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Amount of actuarial present value of benefits attributed to service rendered by employee for defined benefit plan.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 715
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (a)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=118255775&loc=d3e1928-114920

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