Receivables - Scheduled Payments on Financing Leases (Details) - Financing leases - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
Oct. 29, 2017	Oct. 30, 2016	Nov. 01, 2015
Gross Receivable Installments
Receivables, due in 0 - 12 months	$ 216.0	$ 208.4
Receivables, due in 13 - 24 months	147.5	147.6
Receivables, due in 25 - 36 months	106.8	88.9
Receivables, due in 37 - 48 months	59.4	52.2
Receivables, Over 48 months	30.4	27.4
Receivables, Gross	560.1	524.5
John Deere
Receivables - Other Disclosures
Finance income earned on Receivables and Leases containing waiver of finance charges or reduced rates	$ 3.0	$ 2.3	$ 2.0
Minimum
Financing Leases Receivable
Initial lease terms of financing leases	4 months
Maximum
Financing Leases Receivable
Initial lease terms of financing leases	60 months

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Amount before allowance of loans and leases held in portfolio, including but not limited to, commercial and consumer loans. Includes deferred interest and fees, undisbursed portion of loan balance, unamortized costs and premiums and discounts from face amounts. Excludes loans and leases covered under loss sharing agreements.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
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Amount of revenue, fees and commissions earned from transactions between (a) a parent company and its subsidiaries; (b) subsidiaries of a common parent; (c) an entity and trusts for the benefit of employees, for example, but not limited to, pension and profit-sharing trusts that are managed by or under the trusteeship of the entity's management; (d) an entity and its principal, owners, management, or members of their immediate families; and (e) affiliates.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 225
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 2
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