Accrued Expenses (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Aug. 31, 2018	Dec. 01, 2017
Accrued Expense
Accrued compensation and benefits	$ 428,575	$ 417,742
Accrued media costs	103,470	134,525
Sales and marketing allowances	46,432	47,389
Accrued corporate marketing	76,574	72,087
Taxes payable	50,149	49,550
Royalties payable	42,742	46,411
Accrued interest expense	10,469	25,594
Other	261,636	200,475
Accrued expenses	$ 1,020,047	$ 993,773	[1]

[1] The condensed consolidated balance sheet as of December 1, 2017 has been derived from the audited consolidated financial statements at that date but does not include all of the information and footnotes required by generally accepted accounting principles for complete financial statements.