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Trade Accounts Receivable Securitization and Sale Programs - Trade Accounts Receivable Sale Programs Key Terms (Details)	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
	Feb. 28, 2018 USD ($)	Feb. 28, 2019 USD ($)	Feb. 28, 2018 USD ($)	Feb. 28, 2019 CNY (¥)	Feb. 28, 2019 USD ($)
Trade Accounts Receivable Securitization and Sale Program [Line Items]
Beneficial interest obtained in exchange for securitized receivables	$ 366,300,000	$ 162,200,000	$ 1,100,000,000
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Trade Accounts Receivable Securitization and Sale Program [Line Items]
Maximum Amount of Net Cash Proceeds					$ 800,000,000
Notice period to cancel receivable sale agreements		15 days
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Trade Accounts Receivable Securitization and Sale Program [Line Items]
Maximum Amount of Net Cash Proceeds					150,000,000
Notice period to cancel receivable sale agreements		10 days
C
Trade Accounts Receivable Securitization and Sale Program [Line Items]
Maximum Amount of Net Cash Proceeds | ¥				¥ 800,000,000
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Trade Accounts Receivable Securitization and Sale Program [Line Items]
Maximum Amount of Net Cash Proceeds					100,000,000
Notice period to cancel receivable sale agreements		30 days
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Trade Accounts Receivable Securitization and Sale Program [Line Items]
Maximum Amount of Net Cash Proceeds					50,000,000
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Trade Accounts Receivable Securitization and Sale Program [Line Items]
Maximum Amount of Net Cash Proceeds					150,000,000
Threshold period to cancel trade accounts receivable sale agreement before automatic extension		30 days
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Trade Accounts Receivable Securitization and Sale Program [Line Items]
Maximum Amount of Net Cash Proceeds					50,000,000
Notice period to cancel receivable sale agreements		15 days
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Trade Accounts Receivable Securitization and Sale Program [Line Items]
Maximum Amount of Net Cash Proceeds					100,000,000
Threshold period to cancel trade accounts receivable sale agreement before automatic extension		30 days
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Trade Accounts Receivable Securitization and Sale Program [Line Items]
Maximum Amount of Net Cash Proceeds					100,000,000
Threshold period to cancel trade accounts receivable sale agreement before automatic extension		30 days
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Trade Accounts Receivable Securitization and Sale Program [Line Items]
Maximum Amount of Net Cash Proceeds					$ 150,000,000
Threshold period to cancel trade accounts receivable sale agreement before automatic extension		30 days

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Maximum value of net cash proceeds that are available at any one time under the asset-backed securitization and sales programs.

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Amount of beneficial interest received as consideration for transferring noncash financial asset. Includes, but is not limited to, trade receivable in securitization transaction.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 4
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=98513485&loc=d3e4313-108586

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