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SEGMENT REPORTING - Additional Information (Details) - reportableSegment | 12 Months Ended
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Aug. 31, 2022 | Aug. 31, 2021 | Aug. 31, 2020
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |
Number of Reportable Segments | 3 |  |
United States |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |
Revenues, percentage by country | 45.00% | 45.00% | 45.00%
Ireland |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |
Revenues, percentage by country | 1.00% | 2.00% | 1.00%

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- Definition Number of segments reported by the entity. A reportable segment is a component of an entity for which there is an accounting requirement to report separate financial information on that component in the entity's financial statements. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 18 -URI https://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=126901519&loc=d3e8672-108599 + Details
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- Definition 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. + References No definition available. + Details
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