Expenses Incurred Related to Business Acquisition

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- Definition

Legal Settlement

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- Definition

For a debtor, the aggregate gain (loss) recognized on the restructuring of payables arises from the difference between the book value of the debt before the restructuring and the fair value of the payments on the debt after restructuring is complete.

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

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 470

-SubTopic 60

-Section 50

-Paragraph 1

-Subparagraph (b)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6402221&loc=d3e15743-112638

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- Definition

Amount of payroll tax expense, compensation, postemployment and benefit-related expenses not elsewhere specified in the taxonomy (such as health plan, profit sharing, incentives, tuition reimbursement, other fringe benefits and perquisites) incurred in the period.

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

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 225

-SubTopic 10

-Section S99

-Paragraph 2

-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-03.4)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=26872669&loc=d3e20235-122688

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- Definition

This element may be used to disclose other activity associated with temporary equity that is not separately disclosed.

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Unusual Items - Narrative (Detail) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended			9 Months Ended
	Aug. 31, 2014	Aug. 31, 2013	Feb. 28, 2013	Aug. 31, 2014	Aug. 31, 2013
Unusual or Infrequent Item [Line Items]
Loss on bank amendment	$ 0	$ 0		$ 0.2	$ 0
Realized losses (gains) and interest				0.2	(0.3)
Charge related to legal settlement			0.5
Senior Credit Facility [Member]
Unusual or Infrequent Item [Line Items]
Loss on bank amendment				0.2
Rocketdyne Business [Member]
Unusual or Infrequent Item [Line Items]
Expenses incurred related to Rocketdyne Business acquisition					18.8
Internal labor costs					$ 1.7