LEASES - Sales-type and Direct Financing Lease Receivables (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	May 03, 2020	Nov. 03, 2019
Sales-type and Direct Financing Lease Receivables
Total sales-type and direct financing lease receivables	$ 1,715	$ 1,930
Guaranteed residual values	175	232
Unguaranteed residual values	92	101
Less unearned finance income	197	212
Financing lease receivables	1,785	2,051
Agriculture and Turf
Sales-type and Direct Financing Lease Receivables
Total sales-type and direct financing lease receivables	792	897
Construction and Forestry
Sales-type and Direct Financing Lease Receivables
Total sales-type and direct financing lease receivables	$ 923	$ 1,033

Amount of deferred finance income from sales-type and direct financing leases.

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Gross value of lease payments not yet received by lessor from sales-type and direct financing leases excluding guaranteed residual value.

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Residual value derived from underlying asset following end of lease term guaranteed by lessee or other third party unrelated to lessor, from sales-type or direct financing leases.

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Residual value expected to be derived from underlying asset following end of lease term not guaranteed by lessee or other third party unrelated to lessor, from sales-type and direct financing leases.

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Amount of net investment in sales-type and direct financing lease.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 842
-SubTopic 30
-Section 45
-Paragraph 1
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=77888421&loc=SL77919306-209978

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