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POST-RETIREMENT BENEFIT PLANS - Actuarial Assumptions Used to Measure Benefit Obligations (Details) | Oct. 31, 2021 | Oct. 31, 2020
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Retirement Benefits [Abstract] |  |
Discount rate | 2.55% | 2.48%
Rate of compensation increase | 2.96% | 2.91%

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- Definition Defined Benefit Plan Assumptions Used Calculating Benefit Obligation And Net Periodic Pension Expected Long Term Return On Assets + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition Weighted average rate for present value of future retirement benefits cash flows, used to determine benefit obligation of defined benefit plan. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 715 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (k)(1) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=123447040&loc=d3e1928-114920 + Details
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