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Employee Benefit Plans - Additional Information (Detail) | 12 Months Ended
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Oct. 31, 2015 USD ($) item | Oct. 31, 2014 USD ($) | Oct. 31, 2013 USD ($)
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |
Number of defined contribution retirement plans | item | 5 |  |
Expenses incurred on defined contribution retirement plans | $ | $ 922,000 | $ 943,000 | $ 807,000
Expenses incurred on defined benefit retirement plans | $ | $ 10,000 | $ 9,000 | $ 12,000
Non Qualified Defined Benefit Pension Plans [Member] |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |
Number of retired executives sponsored under the plan | item | 2 |  |

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- Definition Amount of plan administration expenses deducted from total plan assets. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition 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. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition Amount of administrative expenses incurred by a defined contribution plan. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition Number of employees eligible to participate in the defined contribution plan or plans described. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Details
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