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Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other Than Options, Target Achievement, Percentage

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Share-Based Compensation Arrangement By Share-Based Payment Award, Performance Period For Determining Award

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Share-Based Payment Arrangement, Nonvested Award, Cost Not yet Recognized, Estimated Target Achievement, Percentage

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Amount of cost not yet recognized for nonvested award under share-based payment arrangement.

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Weighted-average period over which cost not yet recognized is expected to be recognized for award under share-based payment arrangement, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Period over which grantee's right to exercise award under share-based payment arrangement is no longer contingent on satisfaction of service or performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days. Includes, but is not limited to, combination of market, performance or service condition.

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The weighted average fair value at grant date for nonvested equity-based awards issued during the period on other than stock (or unit) option plans (for example, phantom stock or unit plan, stock or unit appreciation rights plan, performance target plan).

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Fair value of share-based awards for which the grantee gained the right by satisfying service and performance requirements, to receive or retain shares or units, other instruments, or cash.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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The highest percentage of annual salary that an employee is permitted to utilize with respect to the plan.

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Number of shares authorized for issuance under share-based payment arrangement.

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Gross number of share options (or share units) granted during the period.

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Share-Based Compensation Plans - Narrative (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions		12 Months Ended
	Aug. 22, 2018 shares	Feb. 28, 2023 USD ($) plan $ / shares shares	Feb. 28, 2022 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Feb. 28, 2021 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Feb. 29, 2020 shares
Share-based compensation plans
Number of expired share based compensation plans \| plan		1
Number of active share-based compensation plans \| plan		2
New grants of options (in shares)		0	0	0	0
Exercises (in shares) \| $		$ 1.1	$ 3.6	$ 2.8
Unrecognized compensation expense \| $		$ 20.0
Weighted average period of recognition (in years)		1 year 8 months 12 days
Target achievement assumption for unrecognized share-based compensation		0.00%	0.00%
Target achievement as a percentage				150.00%
The 2018 Plan
Share-based compensation plans
Number of shares of common stock covered for issuance under share-based compensation plan (in shares)	2,000,000
Shares available for issuance (in shares)		1,069,548
Employee Stock
Share-based compensation plans
Shares purchased for 2018 ESPP (in shares)		32,613
Maximum withholding percentage of employee wages or salaries for the purchase of shares of common stock	15.00%
Purchase price for shares acquired under the plan as a percentage of the share's fair market value	85.00%
Restricted Stock \| Directors \| The 2018 Plan
Share-based compensation plans
Shares issued under plan (in shares)		5,584
Aggregate grant date fair value of shares issued (in dollars per share) \| $		$ 0.8	$ 0.6	$ 0.7
Grant date fair value (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares		$ 141.04
Restricted Stock Awards and Restricted Stock Units
Share-based compensation plans
Award vesting period		4 years
Restricted Stock Awards and Restricted Stock Units \| Specified Grading Vesting Terms
Share-based compensation plans
Award vesting period		3 years
Restricted Stock Awards and Restricted Stock Units \| The 2018 Plan
Share-based compensation plans
Grant date fair value (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares		$ 195.90	$ 218.35	$ 179.30
Fair value of awards vested \| $		$ 10.2	$ 14.3	$ 14.0
Performance Stock Awards
Share-based compensation plans
Performance period for PSU awards		3 years
Target percentage for performance stock awards		100.00%
Performance Stock Awards \| Cliff Vest
Share-based compensation plans
Award vesting period		3 years
Performance Stock Awards \| The 2018 Plan
Share-based compensation plans
Fair value of awards vested \| $		$ 37.8	$ 29.9	$ 18.6
Market Condition Awards
Share-based compensation plans
Grant date fair value (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares		$ 152.91	$ 156.08
Performance period for PSU awards		3 years
Target achievement as a percentage		100.00%
Market Condition Awards \| Cliff Vest
Share-based compensation plans
Award vesting period		3 years
Minimum \| Performance Stock Awards
Share-based compensation plans
Target percentage for performance stock awards		0.00%
Minimum \| Market Condition Awards
Share-based compensation plans
Target achievement as a percentage		0.00%
Maximum \| Employee Stock
Share-based compensation plans
Shares purchased for 2018 ESPP (in shares)	750,000
Maximum \| Performance Stock Awards
Share-based compensation plans
Target percentage for performance stock awards		200.00%
Maximum \| Market Condition Awards
Share-based compensation plans
Target achievement as a percentage		200.00%