SALES OF ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE (Narrative) (Details) PLN in Millions	3 Months Ended						9 Months Ended
	May 31, 2016 USD ($)	Aug. 31, 2015 AUD	May 31, 2015 PLN	May 31, 2015 USD ($)	Feb. 28, 2015 PLN	Aug. 31, 2014 USD ($) financial_institution	May 31, 2016 AUD	May 31, 2016 USD ($)	May 31, 2015 USD ($)	Aug. 31, 2015 USD ($)
Securitization or Asset-backed Financing Arrangement, Financial Asset for which Transfer is Accounted as Sale [Line Items]
Cash proceeds from sales of accounts receivable programs								$ 280,700,000	$ 441,600,000
Cash payments to the owners of accounts receivable								279,200,000	539,600,000
Discounts on sales of accounts receivable	$ 416,000			$ 367,000				1,198,000	1,230,000
Transfers of accounts receivable	13,600,000			46,200,000				37,000,000	148,300,000
Collections	12,300,000			$ 47,500,000				49,100,000	$ 164,000,000
U.S.
Securitization or Asset-backed Financing Arrangement, Financial Asset for which Transfer is Accounted as Sale [Line Items]
Current advance limit for accounts receivable sold						$ 200,000,000
Number of financial institutions | financial_institution						3
Maximum advance limit for accounts receivable sold								300,000,000
Trade accounts receivable sold	211,600,000							211,600,000		$ 274,300,000
Advance payment received on sale of trade account receivable	0							$ 0		0
European program
Securitization or Asset-backed Financing Arrangement, Financial Asset for which Transfer is Accounted as Sale [Line Items]
Current advance limit for accounts receivable sold | PLN			PLN 220.0		PLN 200.0
Advances, maximum percentage of eligible receivables							90.00%	90.00%
Australian program
Securitization or Asset-backed Financing Arrangement, Financial Asset for which Transfer is Accounted as Sale [Line Items]
Maximum advance limit for accounts receivable sold | AUD		AUD 75,000,000.0					AUD 40,000,000
Percentage of eligible receivables sold							100.00%	100.00%
European and Australian programs
Securitization or Asset-backed Financing Arrangement, Financial Asset for which Transfer is Accounted as Sale [Line Items]
Trade accounts receivable sold	82,300,000							$ 82,300,000		97,900,000
Advance payment received on sale of trade account receivable	$ 29,200,000							$ 29,200,000		$ 27,700,000