Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award, Percent Of Award Payable In Equity Instrument

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Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award, Percent Of Award To Be Paid In Cash

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Amount of expense for award under share-based payment arrangement. Excludes amount capitalized.

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Estimated period over which an employee is required to provide service in exchange for the equity-based payment award, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Period over which grantee's right to exercise award under share-based payment arrangement is no longer contingent on satisfaction of service or performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days. Includes, but is not limited to, combination of market, performance or service condition.

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The number of grants made during the period on other than stock (or unit) option plans (for example, phantom stock or unit plan, stock or unit appreciation rights plan, performance target plan).

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The weighted average fair value at grant date for nonvested equity-based awards issued during the period on other than stock (or unit) option plans (for example, phantom stock or unit plan, stock or unit appreciation rights plan, performance target plan).

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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The number of shares under options that were cancelled during the reporting period as a result of occurrence of a terminating event specified in contractual agreements pertaining to the stock option plan.

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Gross number of share options (or share units) granted during the period.

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STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions				12 Months Ended			48 Months Ended
	Dec. 16, 2021	Dec. 17, 2020	Feb. 25, 2020	Oct. 31, 2022	Oct. 31, 2021	Oct. 31, 2020	Oct. 31, 2023
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share based compensation expense				$ 34.4	$ 34.1	$ (1.2)
2020 Long Term Incentive Plan Restricted Stock
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Long-term incentive plan, requisite service period				3 years	3 years
2005 Director Plan
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock options granted (shares)				0	0	0
Number of shares forfeited				0	0	0
Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
RSUs Granted (shares)	99,006,000	139,360,000	147,325,000
Weighted average fair value of RSUs (in dollars per share)	$ 60.54	$ 48.50	$ 37.42
Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) \| 2020 Long Term Incentive Plan Restricted Stock
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Award vesting period					3 years
Performance Shares \| Scenario, Forecast \| 2020 Long Term Incentive Plan Restricted Stock
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Long-term incentive plan, requisite service period							3 years
Long Term Incentive Plan Restricted Stock
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share based compensation expense				$ 33.1	$ 32.8	$ (2.4)
Restricted Stock \| Long Term Incentive Plan Restricted Stock
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Long-term incentive plan, requisite service period				3 years	3 years	3 years
RSUs Granted (shares)				51,593	80,252
Percent of award payable in cash				50.00%
Percent of award payable in equity instruments				50.00%
Weighted average fair value of RSUs (in dollars per share)				$ 59.83	$ 50.08
2005 Outside Directors Equity Award Plan Restricted Stock
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share based compensation expense				$ 1.3	$ 1.2	$ 1.1
RSUs Granted (shares)				22,221	25,686
Weighted average fair value of RSUs (in dollars per share)				$ 57.49	$ 47.29