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Leases (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Oct. 31, 2017
Leases [Abstract] |
Information Related to Company's Rent Expense | The table below contains information related to the Company’s rent expense:
| Year Ended October 31,
(in millions) | 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
Rent Expense | $ | 41.0 |  |  | $ | 45.5 |  |  | $ | 50.4 |
Company's Minimum Rent Commitments Under Operating and Capital Leases | The following table provides the Company’s minimum rent commitments under operating and capital leases in the next five years and the remaining years thereafter:
(in millions) | Operating Leases |  | Capital Leases
Fiscal year(s): |  |  |
2018 | $ | 42.7 |  |  | $ | 0.1 |
2019 | 36.1 |  |  | — |
2020 | 30.9 |  |  | — |
2021 | 24.0 |  |  | — |
2022 | 21.3 |  |  | — |
Thereafter | 68.0 |  |  | — |
Total | $ | 223.0 |  |  | $ | 0.1 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of rental expense from operating leases for each period for which an income statement is presented with separate amounts for minimum rentals, contingent rentals, and sublease rentals. Rental payments under leases with terms of a month or less that were not renewed need not be included. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 840 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=77902758&loc=d3e41499-112717 + Details
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