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Trade Accounts Receivable Securitization and Sale Programs - Trade Accounts Receivable Sale Programs Amounts Recognized (Details) - Trade Accounts Receivable Sale Programs - USD ($) $ in Millions | 3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended
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May 31, 2018 | May 31, 2017 | May 31, 2018 | May 31, 2017
Trade Accounts Receivable Securitization and Sale Program [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Trade accounts receivable sold | $ 1,301 | $ 539 | $ 4,035 | $ 2,194
Cash proceeds received | $ 1,296 | $ 538 | $ 4,025 | $ 2,190

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- Definition Value of trade accounts receivable sold during the period under the asset-backed securitization and sales programs. + References No definition available. + Details
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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=82924980&loc=d3e107207-111719 + Details
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- Details
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