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The compensation expense or income recognized during the period pertaining to the deferred compensation arrangement.

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Option to receive employee benefits by quarterly installments periods.

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Policy Loans Payable

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Minimum period the individual is required to perform services to be fully vested under the deferred compensation arrangement, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Amount of unrealized and realized gain (loss) on investment in equity security measured at fair value with change in fair value recognized in net income (FV-NI).

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The change in cash surrender or contract value during the period which adjusted the amount of premiums paid in determining the expense or income recognized under the contract for the period.

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Deferred Compensation and Retirement Plans - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2021	Oct. 31, 2020	Oct. 31, 2021	Oct. 31, 2020	Apr. 30, 2021
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Increase in market value of the underlying COLI investments			$ 2,184	$ 3,899
Recognized investment income (expense)	$ 4,800	$ 600	$ 10,000	12,000
Minimum
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Option to receive employee benefits by quarterly installments periods			1 year
Maximum
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Option to receive employee benefits by quarterly installments periods			15 years
CSV of COLI Contracts
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Increase in market value of the underlying COLI investments	1,700	1,800	$ 2,200	3,900
Deferred Compensation Plan \| CSV of COLI Contracts
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Gross CSV	244,700		244,700		$ 241,300
Outstanding policy loans	80,000		$ 80,000		$ 80,000
Executive Capital Accumulation Plan
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Deferred compensation arrangement vesting period			5 years
Gain (loss) on deferred compensation plan	$ 4,700	$ 600	$ 10,200	$ 11,800