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Derivative Liability, Noncurrent, Excluding Fair Value Hedges

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Payments For Credit Rating Decrease

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Nominal volume used to calculate payments on a derivative instrument.

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Nominal or face amount used to calculate payment on derivative.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 815
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
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Derivative Financial Instruments and Hedging Activities - Narrative (Details) bbl in Millions, $ in Millions	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Nov. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Aug. 31, 2019 USD ($) bbl	Aug. 31, 2018 USD ($) bbl	Aug. 31, 2017 USD ($)
Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) [Line Items]
Derivative Asset, Noncurrent, Excluding Fair Value Hedges		$ 26.6	$ 23.1
Annual Payment Receivable Contingent On Investment Credit Rating		5.0
Embedded Derivative, Gain on Embedded Derivative		2.8	3.1	$ 30.5
Payments For Credit Rating Decrease	$ 5.0
Embedded Derivative, Fair Value of Embedded Derivative Asset		21.4
Derivative Liability, Noncurrent, Excluding Fair Value Hedges		$ 7.4	$ 7.9
Cash Flow Hedging [Member]
Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) [Line Items]
Derivative, Nonmonetary Notional Amount, Volume \| bbl		7.7	1.1
Foreign exchange derivatives \| Not Designated as Hedging Instrument
Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) [Line Items]
Derivative, Notional Amount		$ 894.7	$ 988.8
Interest rate swap derivatives \| Designated as Hedging Instrument \| Fair Value Hedging [Member]
Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) [Line Items]
Derivative, Notional Amount		$ 365.0	$ 495.0