Short-Term Borrowings - Additional Infomation (Details) - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
Nov. 30, 2021	Nov. 30, 2020
Short-term Debt [Line Items]
Weighted average interest rate on short-term borrowings outstanding	1.41%
Short-term debt	$ 221,863,000	$ 764,715,000
Revolving Credit Facility \| Intraday credit facility
Short-term Debt [Line Items]
Revolving credit facility maximum principal amount	$ 150,000,000
Debt instrument, interest rate	0.12%
Revolving Credit Facility \| Intraday credit facility \| Base rate
Short-term Debt [Line Items]
Debt basis spread on variable rate	3.00%
Revolving Credit Facility \| Intraday credit facility \| Federal funds
Short-term Debt [Line Items]
Debt basis spread on variable rate	0.50%
Line of credit
Short-term Debt [Line Items]
Short-term debt	$ 200,000,000	$ 746,000,000
Line of credit \| Revolving Credit Facility
Short-term Debt [Line Items]
Revolving credit facility maximum principal amount	200,000,000
Line of credit \| Revolving Credit Facility \| Revolving credit facility two
Short-term Debt [Line Items]
Revolving credit facility maximum principal amount	200,000,000
Line of credit \| Revolving Credit Facility \| Intraday credit facility two
Short-term Debt [Line Items]
Revolving credit facility maximum principal amount	$ 150,000,000
Debt instrument, interest rate	1.00%
Line of credit \| Revolving Credit Facility \| Overnight
Short-term Debt [Line Items]
Revolving credit facility maximum principal amount	$ 50,000,000

Percentage points added to the reference rate to compute the variable rate on the debt instrument.

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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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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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Reflects the total carrying amount as of the balance sheet date of debt having initial terms less than one year or the normal operating cycle, if longer.

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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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Weighted average interest rate of short-term debt outstanding calculated at point in time.

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