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Leases (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Oct. 31, 2018
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) | 2018 |  | 2017 |  | 2016
Rent Expense | $ | 47.1 |  |  | $ | 41.0 |  |  | $ | 45.5 |
Company's Minimum Rent Commitments Under Operating and Capital Leases | The following table provides the Company’s minimum rent commitments under operating leases in the next five years and the remaining years thereafter:
(in millions) | Operating Leases
Fiscal year(s): |
2019 | $ | 50.7 |
2020 | 44.0 |
2021 | 36.3 |
2022 | 31.7 |
2023 | 27.1 |
Thereafter | 96.3 |
Total | $ | 286.1 |

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