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Unsecured Debt Unsecured Debt - Schedule of Composition of Debt (Details) | Nov. 30, 2016 | Nov. 30, 2015
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U.S. Dollar Denominated Debt |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Percentage of debt bore fixed interest rates, including the effect of interest rate swaps | 28.00% | 32.00%
Percentage of debt bore floating interest rates, including the effect of interest rate swaps | 14.00% | 18.00%
Euro Denominated |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Percentage of debt bore fixed interest rates, including the effect of interest rate swaps | 35.00% | 28.00%
Percentage of debt bore floating interest rates, including the effect of interest rate swaps | 23.00% | 22.00%

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