Leases - Sales-type and Direct Financing Lease Receivables (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	May 03, 2020	Nov. 03, 2019
Lessor
Total sales-type and direct financing lease receivables	$ 555.5	$ 575.9
Guaranteed residual values	138.1	195.1
Unguaranteed residual values	53.5	61.1
Unearned finance income	(76.5)	(80.5)
Financing lease receivables	670.6	751.6
Agriculture and turf equipment
Lessor
Total sales-type and direct financing lease receivables	405.6	422.7
Construction and forestry
Lessor
Total sales-type and direct financing lease receivables	$ 149.9	$ 153.2

Amount of deferred finance income from sales-type and direct financing leases.

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Gross value of lease payments not yet received by lessor from sales-type and direct financing leases excluding guaranteed residual value.

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Residual value derived from underlying asset following end of lease term guaranteed by lessee or other third party unrelated to lessor, from sales-type or direct financing leases.

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Residual value expected to be derived from underlying asset following end of lease term not guaranteed by lessee or other third party unrelated to lessor, from sales-type and direct financing leases.

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Amount of net investment in sales-type and direct financing lease.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 842
-SubTopic 30
-Section 45
-Paragraph 1
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=77888421&loc=SL77919306-209978

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