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Long-Term Debt
 12 Months Ended
Oct. 31, 2020
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Long-Term Debt Long-term debt
A summary of long-term debt is as follows:
20202019
Senior notes, due 2021-2025$109,900 $140,800 
Senior notes, due 2021-202785,714 92,857 
Senior notes, due 2023-2030350,000 350,000 
Term loan, due 2022-2024255,000 505,000 
Euro loan, due 2023308,642 128,219 
Private shelf facility— 30,556 
Development loans— 951 
1,109,256 1,248,383 
Less current maturities38,043 168,738 
Less unamortized debt issuance costs3,261 4,241 
Long-term maturities$1,067,952 $1,075,404 
Revolving credit agreement — In April 2019, we entered into a $850,000 unsecured multi-currency credit facility with a group of banks, which amended, restated and extended our existing syndicated revolving credit agreement that was scheduled to expire in February 2020. This facility has a five-year term and includes a $75,000 subfacility for swing-line loans. It expires in April 2024. At October 31, 2020 and October 31, 2019, we had no balances outstanding under this facility. We were in compliance with all covenants at October 31, 2020, and the amount we could borrow under the facility would not have been limited by any debt covenants. 
Senior notes, due 2021-2025 — These unsecured fixed-rate notes entered into in 2012 with a group of insurance companies had a remaining weighted-average life of 2.33 years. The weighted-average interest rate at October 31, 2020 was 3.07 percent.
Senior notes, due 2021-2027 — These unsecured fixed-rate notes entered into in 2015 with a group of insurance companies had a remaining weighted-average life of 3.91 years. The weighted-average interest rate at October 31, 2020 was 3.06 percent.
Senior notes, due 2023-2030 — These unsecured fixed-rate notes entered in 2019 with a group of insurance companies had a remaining weighted-average life of 5.04 years. The weighted-average interest rate at October 31, 2020 was 3.90 percent.  
Term loan, due 2022-2024 —  In April 2019, we amended, restated and extended the term of our existing $605,000 term loan facility with a group of banks. The interest rate is variable based upon the LIBOR rate. At October 31, 2020, $255,000 was outstanding under this facility. The Term Loan Agreement provides for the following term loans due in two tranches: $50,000 is due in September 2022, and $205,000 is due in March 2024. The weighted average interest rate for borrowings under this agreement was 0.83 percent at October 31, 2020.  We were in compliance with all covenants at October 31, 2020
Euro loan, due 2023 — In March 2020 we amended, restated and extended the term of our existing term loan facility with Bank of America Merrill Lynch International Limited. The interest rate is variable based on the EURIBOR rate. The Term Loan Agreement provides for the following term loans due in two tranches: €115,000 is due in March 2023 and an additional €150,000 that was drawn down in March 2020 is due in March 2023. The weighted average interest rate at October 31, 2020 was 0.71 percent. We were in compliance with all covenants at October 31, 2020.
Private shelf facility — In October 2020, we amended, restated and extended the term of the unsecured $200,000 private shelf facility agreement with New York Life Investment Management LLC. The facility has a three-year term and expires in October 2023. The interest rate on each borrowing is fixed based upon the market rate at the borrowing date or is variable based upon the LIBOR rate. At October 31, 2020, there was no outstanding balance under this facility.
Annual maturities — The annual maturities of long-term debt for the five years subsequent to October 31, 2020, are as follows: $38,043 in 2021; $80,642 in 2022; $439,285 in 2023; $315,643 in 2024 and $85,643 in 2025.