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Trade Accounts Receivable Securitization and Sale Programs (Sales Programs Activity) (Details 5) - Trade Accounts Receivable Sale Programs [Member] - USD ($) $ in Thousands | 12 Months Ended
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Aug. 31, 2017 | Aug. 31, 2016 | Aug. 31, 2015
Trade Accounts Receivable Securitization and Sale Program [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Trade accounts receivable sold | [1] | $ 2,968 | $ 3,651 | $ 2,085
Cash proceeds received |  | $ 2,962 | $ 3,647 | $ 2,082
[1] | (1) The resulting losses on the sales of trade accounts receivable during fiscal years 2017, 2016 and 2015 were not material and were recorded to other expense within the Consolidated Statements of Operations.

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- Definition Cash Flows between a transferor and a transferee attributable to collections reinvested in revolving period transfers related to either a securitization, asset-backed financing arrangement, or similar transfer in which the transferor has continuing involvement with the transferred financial assets underlying the transaction (including, but not limited to, servicing, recourse, and restrictions on transferor's interests in the transferred financial assets). + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 860 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 3 -Subparagraph d -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=64830801&loc=d3e107207-111719 + Details
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