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Property and Equipment | 12 Months Ended
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May 31, 2018
Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract] |
Property and Equipment | Property and Equipment Cintas' property and equipment is summarized as follows at May 31:
(In thousands) | 2018 |  | 2017
Land | $ | 177,281 |  |  | $ | 173,166 |
Buildings and improvements | 644,322 |  |  | 624,615 |
Equipment | 2,070,009 |  |  | 1,930,018 |
Leasehold improvements | 34,891 |  |  | 32,679 |
Construction in progress | 119,937 |  |  | 79,400 |
| 3,046,440 |  |  | 2,839,878 |
Less: accumulated depreciation | 1,663,710 |  |  | 1,516,377 |
| $ | 1,382,730 |  |  | $ | 1,323,501 |
Interest expense is net of capitalized interest of $1.0 million, $2.1 million and $1.1 million for the fiscal years ended May 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, respectively. Cintas capitalizes certain expenditures for software that are purchased or internally developed for use in business. Included in equipment at May 31, 2018 and 2017 were $253.8 million and $229.0 million, respectively, of internal use software. Depreciation of internal use software begins when the software is ready for service and continues on the straight-line method over the estimated useful life, generally 10 years. Accumulated depreciation related to internal use software included in accumulated depreciation were $88.8 million and $78.3 million at May 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets used in the normal conduct of business and not intended for resale. Includes, but is not limited to, accounting policies and methodology, roll forwards, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, including composite depreciation, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, useful lives and method used, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures. + References Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 360 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2155823 + Details
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