Segment Reporting - Long lived assets by geography (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Aug. 31, 2018	Aug. 31, 2017
Long-lived assets	$ 5,272,499	$ 5,461,440
United States
Long-lived assets	5,185,572	5,359,270
International
Long-lived assets	$ 86,927	$ 102,170

Long-lived assets other than financial instruments, long-term customer relationships of a financial institution, mortgage and other servicing rights, deferred policy acquisition costs, and deferred tax assets.

Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 280
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 41
-Subparagraph (b)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=115929826&loc=d3e9038-108599

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