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Line of Credit Facility Extension Period After Maturity

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

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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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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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-Section S99
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-Section S99
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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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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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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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Short Term Borrowings and Credit Lines - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
	May 31, 2016	Aug. 28, 2015	May 31, 2015	Nov. 01, 2011
Commercial Paper
Short-term Debt [Line Items]
Line of credit facility, amount outstanding	$ 0		$ 0
Revolving Credit Facility
Short-term Debt [Line Items]
Borrowing capacity	$ 2,000,000,000	$ 2,000,000,000		$ 1,000,000,000
Line of Credit Facility Extension Period After Maturity	1 year
Revolving credit facility, fee	0.045%
Line of credit facility, amount outstanding	$ 0		$ 0
Sojitz America \| Interest Bearing Accounts Payable
Short-term Debt [Line Items]
Accounts payable, due date period (in days)	60 days
60-day London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) \| Interest Bearing Accounts Payable
Short-term Debt [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate, above LIBOR	0.75%
London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) \| Revolving Credit Facility
Short-term Debt [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate, above LIBOR	0.455%