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Fair Value Measurements (Details 1) - Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] - USD ($) $ in Thousands | Sep. 01, 2017 | Dec. 02, 2016
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Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions |  |
Foreign Currency Contracts, Asset, Fair Value Disclosure | $ 11,559 | $ 38,112
Deferred Compensation Plan Assets | 52,554 | 42,180
Interest Rate Derivative Assets, at Fair Value | 7,564 | 13,117
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure | 5,026,752 | 4,646,074
Foreign Currency Contracts, Liability, Fair Value Disclosure | 1,410 | 5,246
Financial and Nonfinancial Liabilities, Fair Value Disclosure | 1,410 | 5,246
Corporate Bonds And Commercial Paper [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions |  |
Cash and Cash Equivalents, Fair Value Disclosure |  | 1,249
Estimated Fair Value, short-term investments | 2,433,024 | 2,458,350
Asset-backed Securities [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions |  |
Estimated Fair Value, short-term investments | 99,184 | 110,914
Money Market Funds |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions |  |
Cash and Cash Equivalents, Fair Value Disclosure | 1,344,350 | 782,210
Time deposits |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions |  |
Cash and Cash Equivalents, Fair Value Disclosure | 16,789 | 17,920
U.S. agency securities |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions |  |
Estimated Fair Value, short-term investments |  | 39,580
U.S. Treasury securities |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions |  |
Estimated Fair Value, short-term investments | 915,767 | 1,006,919
Municipal Notes [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions |  |
Cash and Cash Equivalents, Fair Value Disclosure |  | 1,301
Estimated Fair Value, short-term investments | 145,961 | 134,222
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions |  |
Foreign Currency Contracts, Asset, Fair Value Disclosure | 0 | 0
Deferred Compensation Plan Assets | 1,622 | 1,831
Interest Rate Derivative Assets, at Fair Value | 0 | 0
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure | 1,362,761 | 801,961
Foreign Currency Contracts, Liability, Fair Value Disclosure | 0 | 0
Financial and Nonfinancial Liabilities, Fair Value Disclosure | 0 | 0
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member] | Corporate Bonds And Commercial Paper [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions |  |
Cash and Cash Equivalents, Fair Value Disclosure |  | 0
Estimated Fair Value, short-term investments | 0 | 0
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member] | Asset-backed Securities [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions |  |
Estimated Fair Value, short-term investments | 0 | 0
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member] | Money Market Funds |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions |  |
Cash and Cash Equivalents, Fair Value Disclosure | 1,344,350 | 782,210
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member] | Time deposits |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions |  |
Cash and Cash Equivalents, Fair Value Disclosure | 16,789 | 17,920
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member] | U.S. agency securities |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions |  |
Estimated Fair Value, short-term investments |  | 0
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member] | U.S. Treasury securities |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions |  |
Estimated Fair Value, short-term investments | 0 | 0
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member] | Municipal Notes [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions |  |
Cash and Cash Equivalents, Fair Value Disclosure |  | 0
Estimated Fair Value, short-term investments | 0 | 0
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions |  |
Foreign Currency Contracts, Asset, Fair Value Disclosure | 11,559 | 38,112
Deferred Compensation Plan Assets | 50,932 | 40,349
Interest Rate Derivative Assets, at Fair Value | 7,564 | 13,117
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure | 3,663,991 | 3,844,113
Foreign Currency Contracts, Liability, Fair Value Disclosure | 1,410 | 5,246
Financial and Nonfinancial Liabilities, Fair Value Disclosure | 1,410 | 5,246
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] | Corporate Bonds And Commercial Paper [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions |  |
Cash and Cash Equivalents, Fair Value Disclosure |  | 1,249
Estimated Fair Value, short-term investments | 2,433,024 | 2,458,350
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] | Asset-backed Securities [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions |  |
Estimated Fair Value, short-term investments | 99,184 | 110,914
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] | Money Market Funds |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions |  |
Cash and Cash Equivalents, Fair Value Disclosure | 0 | 0
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] | Time deposits |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions |  |
Cash and Cash Equivalents, Fair Value Disclosure | 0 | 0
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] | U.S. agency securities |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions |  |
Estimated Fair Value, short-term investments |  | 39,580
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] | U.S. Treasury securities |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions |  |
Estimated Fair Value, short-term investments | 915,767 | 1,006,919
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] | Municipal Notes [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions |  |
Cash and Cash Equivalents, Fair Value Disclosure |  | 1,301
Estimated Fair Value, short-term investments | 145,961 | 134,222
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions |  |
Foreign Currency Contracts, Asset, Fair Value Disclosure | 0 | 0
Deferred Compensation Plan Assets | 0 | 0
Interest Rate Derivative Assets, at Fair Value | 0 | 0
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure | 0 | 0
Foreign Currency Contracts, Liability, Fair Value Disclosure | 0 | 0
Financial and Nonfinancial Liabilities, Fair Value Disclosure | 0 | 0
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | Corporate Bonds And Commercial Paper [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions |  |
Cash and Cash Equivalents, Fair Value Disclosure |  | 0
Estimated Fair Value, short-term investments | 0 | 0
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | Asset-backed Securities [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions |  |
Estimated Fair Value, short-term investments | 0 | 0
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | Money Market Funds |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions |  |
Cash and Cash Equivalents, Fair Value Disclosure | 0 | 0
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | Time deposits |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions |  |
Cash and Cash Equivalents, Fair Value Disclosure | 0 | 0
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | U.S. agency securities |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions |  |
Estimated Fair Value, short-term investments |  | 0
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | U.S. Treasury securities |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions |  |
Estimated Fair Value, short-term investments | 0 | 0
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | Municipal Notes [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions |  |
Cash and Cash Equivalents, Fair Value Disclosure |  | 0
Estimated Fair Value, short-term investments | $ 0 | $ 0

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- Definition Fair value portion of currency on hand as well as demand deposits with banks or financial institutions. Includes other kinds of accounts that have the general characteristics of demand deposits. Also includes short-term, highly liquid investments that are both readily convertible to known amounts of cash and so near their maturity that they present insignificant risk of changes in value because of changes in interest rates. + References No definition available. + Details
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