Fair Value Measurements - Assets and Liabilities - Recurring (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Nov. 03, 2019	Oct. 28, 2018
Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Marketable securities	$ 3.2
Derivative assets	333.8	$ 81.7
Derivative liabilities	57.3	343.9
Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis | Level 2
Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Total assets	337.0	81.7
Total liabilities	57.3	343.9
Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis | Level 2 | Interest rate contracts | Receivables from John Deere
Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Derivative assets	331.4	55.9
Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis | Level 2 | Interest rate contracts | Other assets
Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Derivative assets		0.4
Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis | Level 2 | Interest rate contracts | Other payables to John Deere
Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Derivative liabilities	44.4	342.4
Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis | Level 2 | Foreign exchange contracts | Other assets
Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Derivative assets	1.9	22.0
Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis | Level 2 | Foreign exchange contracts | Accounts payable and accrued expenses
Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Derivative liabilities	9.9	1.4
Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis | Level 2 | Cross-currency interest rate contracts | Receivables from John Deere
Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Derivative assets	0.5	3.4
Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis | Level 2 | Cross-currency interest rate contracts | Other payables to John Deere
Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Derivative liabilities	3.0	$ 0.1
Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis | Level 2 | International Debt Securities | Marketable Securities
Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Marketable securities	$ 3.2