Segment Reporting - Long lived assets by geography (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Aug. 31, 2022	Aug. 31, 2021
International
Long-lived assets	$ 70,997	$ 62,072
srt_SegmentGeographicalDomain [Member]
Long-lived assets	4,892,480	5,006,646
United States
Long-lived assets	$ 4,821,483	$ 4,944,574

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://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 280
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 41
-Subparagraph (b)
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=126901519&loc=d3e9038-108599

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Data Type:	xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type:	debit
Period Type:	instant