Line of Credit, Amount Outstanding

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- Definition

Line Of Credit Facility Possible Future Increase To Maximum Borrowing Capacity

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- Definition

Renewal Period

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- Definition

Standby letters of credit.

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- Definition

Amount due from customers or clients, within one year of the balance sheet date (or the normal operating cycle, whichever is longer), for goods or services (including trade receivables) that have been delivered or sold in the normal course of business, reduced to the estimated net realizable fair value by an allowance established by the entity of the amount it deems uncertain of collection.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 210

-SubTopic 10

-Section S99

-Paragraph 1

-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.3-4)

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-Publisher SEC

-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 02

-Paragraph 3

-Subparagraph a(1)

-Article 5

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-Publisher SEC

-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 02

-Paragraph 4

-Article 5

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- Definition

The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the current and noncurrent portions of long-term obligations drawn from a line of credit, which is a bank's commitment to make loans up to a specific amount. Examples of items that might be included in the application of this element may consist of letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a maximum amount as of any point in time conditional on satisfaction of specified terms before, as of and after the date of drawdowns on the line. Includes short-term obligations that would normally be classified as current liabilities but for which (a) postbalance sheet date issuance of a long term obligation to refinance the short term obligation on a long term basis, or (b) the enterprise has entered into a financing agreement that clearly permits the enterprise to refinance the short-term obligation on a long term basis and the following conditions are met (1) the agreement does not expire within 1 year and is not cancelable by the lender except for violation of an objectively determinable provision, (2) no violation exists at the BS date, and (3) the lender has entered into the financing agreement is expected to be financially capable of honoring the agreement.

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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 210.9-03.16)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6876686&loc=d3e534808-122878

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-Publisher SEC

-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 02

-Paragraph 19, 20, 22

-Article 5

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 944

-SubTopic 210

-Section S99

-Paragraph 1

-Subparagraph (SX 210.7-03.16)

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- Definition

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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- Definition

The effective interest rate at the end of the reporting period.

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- Definition

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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- Definition

The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the current portion of long-term obligations drawn from a line of credit, which is a bank's commitment to make loans up to a specific amount. Examples of items that might be included in the application of this element may consist of letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a maximum amount as of any point in time conditional on satisfaction of specified terms before, as of and after the date of drawdowns on the line. Includes short-term obligations that would normally be classified as current liabilities but for which (a) postbalance sheet date issuance of a long term obligation to refinance the short term obligation on a long term basis, or (b) the enterprise has entered into a financing agreement that clearly permits the enterprise to refinance the short-term obligation on a long term basis and the following conditions are met (1) the agreement does not expire within 1 year and is not cancelable by the lender except for violation of an objectively determinable provision, (2) no violation exists at the BS date, and (3) the lender has entered into the financing agreement is expected to be financially capable of honoring the agreement.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 210

-SubTopic 10

-Section S99

-Paragraph 1

-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.20)

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-Publisher SEC

-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 02

-Paragraph 19, 20

-Article 5

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Glossary Line-of-Credit Arrangement

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Debt (Other Facilities) (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
Debt (Other Facilities) (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)	Oct. 31, 2014	Jan. 31, 2015	Jan. 31, 2014
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
U.S. trade receivables		$ 2,811,963,000us-gaap_AccountsReceivableNetCurrent	$ 3,215,729,000us-gaap_AccountsReceivableNetCurrent
Line of Credit, Amount Outstanding			0tecd_LineofCreditAmountOutstanding
Line of Credit Facility, Current Borrowing Capacity		992,700,000
Standby letters of credit issued		67,500,000tecd_StandbyLettersOfCredit
Credit Agreement [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity		500,000,000.0
Possible future increase of maximum borrowing capacity		750,000,000.0
Receivables Securitization Program [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity		400,000,000.0
U.S. trade receivables		594,900,000	623,000,000
Renewal period for program	2 years
Line of Credit, Amount Outstanding		0
Other Committed And Uncommitted Revolving Credit Facilities, Expiring On Various Dates Through Fiscal 2017
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity		344,500,000
Line of Credit, Current		12,848,000	42,915,000
Line of credit facility, interest rate at period end		4.97%	6.15%
Other Committed And Uncommitted Revolving Credit Facilities, Expiring On Various Dates Through Fiscal 2017
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term Line of Credit		$ 12,848,000	$ 42,914,000