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Post Retirement Benefit Plans - Fair Value of the Pension Plans Investments (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions | 12 Months Ended
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Oct. 31, 2015 | Oct. 31, 2014
Change in plan assets: |  |
Balance at beginning of year | $ 650.8 | $ 621.2
Actual return on plan assets | 25.4 | 62.6
Expenses paid | (2.7) | (2.5)
Plan participant contributions | 0.2 | 0.3
Foreign currency impact | (27.3) | (10.0)
Employer contributions | 8.2 | 15.5
Benefits paid | (29.9) | (36.3)
Balance at end of year | 624.7 | 650.8
USA [Member] |  |
Change in plan assets: |  |
Balance at beginning of year | 325.6 | 301.8
Actual return on plan assets | (0.9) | 29.8
Expenses paid | (2.1) | (1.2)
Employer contributions | 5.0 | 11.9
Benefits paid | (16.5) | (16.7)
Balance at end of year | 311.1 | 325.6
United Kingdom [Member] | Non-United States [Member] |  |
Change in plan assets: |  |
Balance at beginning of year | 202.7 | 198.9
Actual return on plan assets | 21.8 | 15.7
Expenses paid | (0.7) | (1.1)
Foreign currency impact | (10.6) | (0.3)
Employer contributions | 2.5 | 1.9
Benefits paid | (7.3) | (12.4)
Balance at end of year | 208.4 | 202.7
Netherlands [Member] | Non-United States [Member] |  |
Change in plan assets: |  |
Balance at beginning of year | 107.8 | 106.5
Actual return on plan assets | 3.9 | 15.8
Expenses paid | 0.2 |
Plan participant contributions | 0.2 | 0.3
Foreign currency impact | (14.2) | (8.7)
Benefits paid | (5.2) | (6.1)
Balance at end of year | 92.7 | 107.8
Other International [Member] | Non-United States [Member] |  |
Change in plan assets: |  |
Balance at beginning of year | 14.7 | 14.0
Actual return on plan assets | 0.6 | 1.3
Expenses paid | (0.1) | (0.2)
Foreign currency impact | (2.5) | (1.0)
Employer contributions | 0.7 | 1.7
Benefits paid | (0.9) | (1.1)
Balance at end of year | $ 12.5 | $ 14.7

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- Definition The difference between fair value of plan assets at the end of the period and the fair value at the beginning of the period, adjusted for contributions and payments of benefits during the period, and after adjusting for taxes and other expenses, as applicable. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Glossary Actual Return on Plan Assets (Component of Net Periodic Postretirement Benefit Cost) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6504192 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 715 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (b)(1) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=58740216&loc=d3e1928-114920 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Glossary Actual Return on Plan Assets (Component of Net Periodic Pension Cost) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6504226 + Details
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