Post Retirement Benefit Plans - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions	9 Months Ended
Jul. 31, 2016	Jul. 31, 2015
Postemployment Benefits [Abstract]
Company's pension contributions	$ 9.4	$ 8.1
Company's estimated pension contributions	$ 12.5

Amount of employer's best estimate of contributions expected to be paid to the plan during the next fiscal year beginning after the date of the latest statement of financial position.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 715
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (g)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=58740216&loc=d3e1928-114920

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