Leases - Summary of Lease-related assets and liabilities recorded on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	May 09, 2020	Aug. 31, 2019
Assets
Operating	$ 2,613,849	$ 0
Total lease assets	2,905,722
Current
Operating	236,759	0
Noncurrent
Operating	2,481,280	$ 0
Total lease liabilities	2,902,315
Operating lease right-of-use assets
Assets
Operating	2,613,849
Property And Equipment
Assets
Finance	291,873
Current portion of operating lease liabilities
Current
Operating	236,759
Accrued expenses and other
Current
Finance	58,018
Operating lease liabilities, less current portion
Noncurrent
Operating	2,481,280
Other long-term liabilities
Noncurrent
Finance	$ 126,258

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Present value of lessee's discounted obligation for lease payments from finance lease, classified as current.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 842
-SubTopic 20
-Section 45
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