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Asset-Backed Securitization Programs (Securitization Activity) (Details) - Asset-Backed Securitization Programs - USD ($) $ in Millions | 3 Months Ended | 6 Months Ended
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Feb. 28, 2021 | Feb. 29, 2020 | Feb. 28, 2021 | Feb. 29, 2020
Trade Accounts Receivable Securitization and Sale Program [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Trade accounts receivable sold | $ 1,140 | $ 1,095 | $ 2,313 | $ 2,257
Cash proceeds received | 1,137 | 1,089 | 2,308 | 2,245
Pre-tax losses on sale of receivables | $ 3 | $ 6 | $ 5 | $ 12

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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/disclosureRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 860 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 3 -Subparagraph (d)(2) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=121570589&loc=d3e107207-111719 + Details
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- Definition Reflects, by transferred financial asset type, the amount of sales proceeds in excess of or deficient from the sum of the carrying amounts of transferred financial assets plus transaction costs, including those transactions in which the seller/transferor has continuing involvement with the financial assets that have been transferred. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 860 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 3 -Subparagraph (b)(3) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=121570589&loc=d3e107207-111719 + Details
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