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Advertising Costs - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2021	Apr. 30, 2020	Apr. 30, 2019
Selling and Marketing Expense
Advertising Costs [Line Items]
Advertising expense for continuing operations	$ 12.5	$ 13.6	$ 13.4

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Advertising costs.

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Amount charged to advertising expense for the period, which are expenses incurred with the objective of increasing revenue for a specified brand, product or product line.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 720
-SubTopic 35
-Section 50
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