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Description of risks that arise due to the volume of business transacted with a particular customer. At a minimum, the description informs financial statement users of the general nature of the risk, but excludes "Information about Major Customers" that may be disclosed elsewhere (for instance, segment disclosures).

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Amount before accretion (amortization) of purchase discount (premium) of interest income on nonoperating securities.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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Number of segments reported by the entity. A reportable segment is a component of an entity for which there is an accounting requirement to report separate financial information on that component in the entity's financial statements.

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Amount of revenue recognized from goods sold, services rendered, insurance premiums, or other activities that constitute an earning process. Includes, but is not limited to, investment and interest income before deduction of interest expense when recognized as a component of revenue, and sales and trading gain (loss).

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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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Segment Reporting - Narrative (Details) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
Segment Reporting - Narrative (Details) $ in Millions	Oct. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Jul. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Apr. 30, 2018 USD ($)	Jan. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Jul. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Apr. 30, 2017 USD ($)	Jan. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2018 USD ($) segments	Oct. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2016 USD ($)
Segment Reporting [Abstract]
Concentration Risk, Customer									0	0	0
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Number Of Segments \| segments									4
Intersegment sales and revenues									$ 0	$ 0	$ 1
Sales and revenues, net	$ 3,317	$ 2,606	$ 2,422	$ 1,905	$ 2,598	$ 2,213	$ 2,096	$ 1,663	10,250	8,570	8,111
Financial Services Operations
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Investment Income, Interest									182	165	167
Intersegment sales and revenues									97	93	100
Sales and revenues, net									257	235	235
North America Truck [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Intersegment sales and revenues									104	39	132
Sales and revenues, net									7,490	5,809	5,403
North America Parts [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Intersegment sales and revenues									8	23	29
Sales and revenues, net									2,407	2,392	2,427
Corporate And Eliminations [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Intersegment sales and revenues									(264)	(185)	(305)
Sales and revenues, net									$ (264)	$ (175)	$ (295)