Line Of Credit Facility, Additional Borrowing Capacity Under Certain Conditions

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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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The fee, expressed as a percentage of the line of credit facility, for the line of credit facility regardless of whether the facility has been used.

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Amount of current borrowing capacity under the credit facility considering any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed (for example, borrowings may be limited by the amount of current assets), but without considering any amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.19(b),22(b))
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=120391452&loc=d3e13212-122682

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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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Short-Term Borrowings and Long-Term Debt (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended
	Jul. 31, 2022	Jul. 31, 2021
Line of credit
Debt Instrument
Borrowing capacity	$ 297,300,000	$ 336,600,000
Unsecured revolving credit facility
Debt Instrument
Borrowing capacity	63,000,000
Long-term remaining borrowing capacity	367,500,000
Unsecured revolving credit facility \| 1.29 % Variable rate unsecured credit facility maturing 2026
Debt Instrument
Borrowing capacity	$ 500,000,000
Unsecured revolving credit facility \| Minimum
Debt Instrument
Commitment fee (percent)	0.08%
Unsecured revolving credit facility \| Maximum
Debt Instrument
Commitment fee (percent)	0.25%
Multi-currency revolving credit facility
Debt Instrument
Borrowing capacity	$ 17,000,000
Multi-currency revolving credit facility \| Line of credit
Debt Instrument
Additional borrowing capacity on line of credit under certain conditions	$ 250,000,000