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Employee benefit and stock plans.

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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Grants, Award Share Percentage

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Number of common stock held in a trust that has been set up specifically to accumulate stock for the sole purpose of distribution to participating employees but not yet earned.

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Period over which grantee's right to exercise award under share-based payment arrangement is no longer contingent on satisfaction of service or performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days. Includes, but is not limited to, combination of market, performance or service condition.

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Employee Benefit and Stock Plans - Narrative (Details)				12 Months Ended
Employee Benefit and Stock Plans - Narrative (Details)	Oct. 08, 2020 $ / shares	Oct. 03, 2019 $ / shares	Oct. 05, 2018 $ / shares	Nov. 30, 2020 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Nov. 30, 2019 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Nov. 30, 2018 USD ($) $ / shares shares	May 31, 2020 shares	Nov. 30, 2017 shares	Apr. 07, 2016 shares	Apr. 03, 2014 shares
Employee Benefit and Stock Plans (Textual) [Abstract]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Grants in Period, Net of Forfeitures				0	0	0
Employee Benefit and Stock Plan (Additional Textual) [Abstract]
Exercises in period, total intrinsic value \| $				$ 48,200,000	$ 37,100,000	$ 11,800,000
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Exercises in Period				1,694,767	2,300,004	1,195,926
Intrinsic value of stock options outstanding \| $				$ 48,900,000	$ 89,900,000	$ 51,900,000
Intrinsic value of stock options exercisable \| $				$ 48,900,000	$ 89,900,000	$ 50,500,000
Shares of common stock held in trust				7,124,317	7,630,582		7,317,336
Stock Options
Employee Benefit and Stock Plans (Textual) [Abstract]
Total unrecognized stock-based compensation expense related to unvested stock option awards \| $				$ 0
Restricted Stock
Employee Benefit and Stock Plans (Textual) [Abstract]
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Nonvested Awards, Total Compensation Cost Not yet Recognized, Period for Recognition				3 years
Minimum period of restriction imposed on share grant lapse				3 years
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Grants in Period				265,187	282,523	303,030
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Grants in Period, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value \| $ / shares				$ 35.57	$ 31.67	$ 23.05
Total unrecognized stock-based compensation expense related to unvested stock option awards \| $				$ 12,800,000
Employee Benefit and Stock Plan (Additional Textual) [Abstract]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Nonvested, Number				423,215	500,066	555,457		503,926
Performance Shares
Employee Benefit and Stock Plans (Textual) [Abstract]
Minimum period of restriction imposed on share grant lapse				3 years
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Grants in Period				397,452	468,957	603,424
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Grants in Period, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value \| $ / shares	$ 40.06	$ 33.10	$ 23.05	$ 40.05	$ 30.45	$ 25.70
Total unrecognized stock-based compensation expense related to unvested stock option awards \| $				$ 34,300,000
Employee Benefit and Stock Plan (Additional Textual) [Abstract]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Nonvested, Number				1,346,870	1,262,664	1,090,967		925,232
Director Plan SARs
Employee Benefit and Stock Plans (Textual) [Abstract]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Non-Option Equity Instruments, Outstanding, Number				155,569	224,674	308,880
Non-Employee Director Deferred Common Stock [Domain]
Employee Benefit and Stock Plans (Textual) [Abstract]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Non-Option Equity Instruments, Outstanding, Number				548,952	519,160	490,240
Maximum \| Performance Shares
Employee Benefit and Stock Plans (Textual) [Abstract]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Grants, Award Share Percentage				200.00%
Minimum \| Performance Shares
Employee Benefit and Stock Plans (Textual) [Abstract]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Grants, Award Share Percentage				0.00%
Equity Incentive Two Thousand Fourteen Plan
Employee Benefit and Stock Plans (Textual) [Abstract]
Number of shares authorized for issuance of stock based awards to employees				12,300,000					7,500,000	4,800,000
Grant of stock option, Reduce the plan share capacity per share									1
Grant of restricted stock, Reduce the Plan share capacity per share									1.78
Employee Benefit and Stock Plan (Additional Textual) [Abstract]
Share Based payments award terms of Award				10 years
2010 Equity Incentive Plan
Employee Benefit and Stock Plans (Textual) [Abstract]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Grants in Period, Net of Forfeitures				0
Saving Plan
Employee Benefit and Stock Plans (Textual) [Abstract]
Aggregate cost related to saving plan \| $				$ 6,500,000	$ 6,900,000	$ 6,000,000.0
Net assets invested in funds consisting common stock				4.00%	5.00%	5.00%
Director Plan SARs
Employee Benefit and Stock Plan (Additional Textual) [Abstract]
Share Based payments award terms of Award				15 years
PSU 2014 \| Performance Shares
Employee Benefit and Stock Plans (Textual) [Abstract]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Grants in Period						194,529
PSU 2015 \| Performance Shares
Employee Benefit and Stock Plans (Textual) [Abstract]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Grants in Period					119,260
PSU 2016 [Member] \| Performance Shares
Employee Benefit and Stock Plans (Textual) [Abstract]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Grants in Period				108,511