Represents the maximum term, at inception, of related party loans receivable.

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- Definition

Amount of interest income earned from interest-bearing assets owed to the entity by related party.

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- Definition

For an unclassified balance sheet, reflects the carrying amount of unpaid loan amounts due from related parties at the balance sheet date.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 942
-SubTopic 210
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.9-03.7(e))
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6876686&loc=d3e534808-122878

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 850
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (d)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6457730&loc=d3e39549-107864

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- Definition

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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Notes Receivable from John Deere (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Oct. 29, 2017	Oct. 30, 2016	Nov. 01, 2015
John Deere
Notes Receivable from John Deere
Maximum terms for related party notes receivable	4 years
Interest earned	$ 3.4	$ 0.0	$ 0.0
Notes receivable from John Deere	156.7
Limited Liability Company John Deere Financial
Notes Receivable from John Deere
Notes receivable from John Deere	102.2
Banco John Deere S.A.
Notes Receivable from John Deere
Notes receivable from John Deere	$ 54.5