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Line of Credit, Amount Outstanding

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Standby letters of credit.

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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))
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Amount of unused borrowing capacity under the long-term financing arrangement that is available to the entity as of the balance sheet date.

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

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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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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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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 942
-SubTopic 210
-Section S99
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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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Debt (Other Facilities) (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($)	Jan. 31, 2017	Nov. 02, 2016	Jan. 31, 2016
Line of Credit Facility
Accounts Receivable, Net, Current	$ 3,047,927,000		$ 2,995,114,000
Line of Credit, Current	23,700,000
Standby Letters Of Credit	30,200,000
Line of Credit Facility, Current Borrowing Capacity	1,029,900,000
Other Committed And Uncommitted Revolving Credit Facilities
Line of Credit Facility
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity	251,400,000
Line of Credit, Current	$ 23,700,000		$ 18,100,000
Line of Credit Facility, Interest Rate at Period End	8.35%		5.26%
Receivables Securitization Program
Line of Credit Facility
Line of Credit, Amount Outstanding	$ 0		$ 0
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity	400,000,000
Accounts Receivable, Net, Current	748,600,000		$ 721,100,000
Credit Agreement
Line of Credit Facility
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity	1,000,000,000
Line Of Credit Facility Possible Future Increase To Maximum Borrowing Capacity	$ 1,250,000,000
3 year maturity \| Term loan credit agreement
Line of Credit Facility
Debt Instrument, Unused Borrowing Capacity, Amount		$ 250,000,000
5 year maturity \| Term loan credit agreement
Line of Credit Facility
Debt Instrument, Unused Borrowing Capacity, Amount		$ 750,000,000