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Post Retirement Benefit Plans - Number of Participants in Defined Benefit Plans (Detail) - Participant | 12 Months Ended
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Oct. 31, 2018 | Oct. 31, 2017
Pension Plan |  |
Pension Plans, Postretirement and Other Employee Benefits [Line Items] |  |
Active participants (participant) | 1,332 | 1,442
Vested former employees and deferred members (participant) | 1,433 | 1,442
Retirees and beneficiaries (participant) | 2,389 | 2,421
Pension Plan | United States |  |
Pension Plans, Postretirement and Other Employee Benefits [Line Items] |  |
Active participants (participant) | 1,214 | 1,306
Vested former employees and deferred members (participant) | 790 | 804
Retirees and beneficiaries (participant) | 942 | 925
Pension Plan | Foreign Plan | Germany |  |
Pension Plans, Postretirement and Other Employee Benefits [Line Items] |  |
Active participants (participant) | 47 | 67
Vested former employees and deferred members (participant) | 85 | 72
Retirees and beneficiaries (participant) | 253 | 254
Pension Plan | Foreign Plan | United Kingdom |  |
Pension Plans, Postretirement and Other Employee Benefits [Line Items] |  |
Active participants (participant) | 0 | 0
Vested former employees and deferred members (participant) | 419 | 431
Retirees and beneficiaries (participant) | 699 | 699
Pension Plan | Foreign Plan | Netherlands |  |
Pension Plans, Postretirement and Other Employee Benefits [Line Items] |  |
Active participants (participant) | 71 | 69
Vested former employees and deferred members (participant) | 95 | 89
Retirees and beneficiaries (participant) | 441 | 488
Pension Plan | Foreign Plan | Other International |  |
Pension Plans, Postretirement and Other Employee Benefits [Line Items] |  |
Active participants (participant) | 0 | 0
Vested former employees and deferred members (participant) | 44 | 46
Retirees and beneficiaries (participant) | 54 | 55
Other Postretirement Benefits Plan |  |
Pension Plans, Postretirement and Other Employee Benefits [Line Items] |  |
Active participants (participant) | 12 | 20
Retirees and beneficiaries (participant) | 625 | 653

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