Cumulative Shares Repurchased, Excluding Shares Purchased For Tax Withholdings For Share-Based Compensation, Shares

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Cumulative Shares Repurchased, Excluding Shares Purchased For Tax Withholdings For Share-Based Compensation, Value

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Cumulative Shares Repurchased, Excluding Shares Purchased For Tax Withholdings For Share-Based Compensation, Weighted-Average Price Per Share

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Shares Repurchased During Period, Weighted-Average Price Per Share

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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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Amount of cash outflow to satisfy grantee's tax withholding obligation for award under share-based payment arrangement.

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Price of a single share of a number of saleable stocks of a company.

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Amount of stock repurchase plan authorized.

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The number of shares authorized to be repurchased by an entity's Board of Directors under a stock repurchase plan.

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Amount remaining of a stock repurchase plan authorized.

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Number of shares that have been repurchased during the period and have not been retired and are not held in treasury. Some state laws may govern the circumstances under which an entity may acquire its own stock and prescribe the accounting treatment therefore. This element is used when state law does not recognize treasury stock.

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Equity impact of the value of stock that has been repurchased during the period and has not been retired and is not held in treasury. Some state laws may mandate the circumstances under which an entity may acquire its own stock and prescribe the accounting treatment therefore. This element is used when state law does not recognize treasury stock.

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STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, shares in Millions, $ in Millions	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2022	Apr. 30, 2022	Feb. 11, 2022	Dec. 13, 2021	Dec. 09, 2021
Accelerated Share Repurchases [Line Items]
Stock repurchases (in shares)	1.5
Stock repurchases	$ 87.0
Average price of shares repurchased (in dollars per share)	$ 57.92
Aggregate shares repurchased (in shares)	5.1	5.1
Aggregate shares repurchased	$ 337.0	$ 337.0
Aggregate average price of shares repurchased (in dollars per share)	$ 66.28	$ 66.28
Authorized funds remaining under stock repurchase program	$ 663.0	$ 663.0
Shares repurchased for tax withholdings on vesting of restricted stock units		$ 35.0
Stock Repurchase Program
Accelerated Share Repurchases [Line Items]
Stock repurchase program authorized amount					$ 1,000.0
Accelerated Share Repurchase Agreement
Accelerated Share Repurchases [Line Items]
Stock repurchase program authorized amount				$ 250.0
Authorized amount of stock repurchase program (in shares)			3.6
Share price (in dollars per share)			$ 69.78