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Financing Arrangements (Components Of Outstanding Debt) (Details) - USD ($) | 12 Months Ended |  |
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Nov. 30, 2020 | Nov. 30, 2019 | Aug. 17, 2017
Schedule of Short Term and Long Term Debt [Line Items] |  |  |
Commercial paper | $ 845,800,000 | $ 575,300,000 |
Other | 40,900,000 | 25,400,000 |
Short-term borrowings, total | $ 886,700,000 | $ 600,700,000 |
Weighted-average interest rate of short-term borrowings at year-end | 0.30% | 2.50% |
Other | $ 195,800,000 | $ 171,600,000 |
Debt Instrument, Unamortized Discount (Premium) and Debt Issuance Costs, Net | 16,900,000 | (3,100,000) |
Long-term debt | 4,017,700,000 | 3,723,500,000 |
Less current portion | (263,900,000) | (97,700,000) |
Long-term debt, excluding current maturities | 3,753,800,000 | 3,625,800,000 |
Debt Instrument, Unamortized Discount | 24,400,000 | 23,600,000 |
Interest Rate Derivatives, at Fair Value, Net | 41,300,000 | 20,500,000 |
Letter Of Credit [Member] |  |  |
Schedule of Short Term and Long Term Debt [Line Items] |  |  |
Letters of Credit Outstanding, Amount | 32,200,000 | 32,200,000 |
Notes Payable, Other Payables | 3.90% notes due 7/8/2021(1) |  |  |
Schedule of Short Term and Long Term Debt [Line Items] |  |  |
Notes outstanding | $ 250,000,000.0 | 250,000,000.0 |
Stated Note interest rate | 3.90% |  |
Notes Payable, Other Payables | 2.70% notes due 8/15/2022 |  |  |
Schedule of Short Term and Long Term Debt [Line Items] |  |  |
Notes outstanding | $ 750,000,000.0 | 750,000,000.0 |
Stated Note interest rate | 2.70% |  |
Notes Payable, Other Payables | 3.50% notes due 8/19/2023(3) |  |  |
Schedule of Short Term and Long Term Debt [Line Items] |  |  |
Notes outstanding | $ 250,000,000.0 | 250,000,000.0 |
Stated Note interest rate | 3.50% |  |
Notes Payable, Other Payables | 3.15% notes due 8/15/2024 |  |  |
Schedule of Short Term and Long Term Debt [Line Items] |  |  |
Notes outstanding | $ 700,000,000.0 | 700,000,000.0 |
Stated Note interest rate | 3.15% |  |
Notes Payable, Other Payables | 3.25% notes due 11/15/2025(4) |  |  |
Schedule of Short Term and Long Term Debt [Line Items] |  |  |
Notes outstanding | $ 250,000,000.0 | 250,000,000.0 |
Weighted average fixed rate | 3.45% |  |
Stated Note interest rate | 3.25% |  |
Debt Instrument Basis Spread Increase On Variable Rate | 1.22% |  |
Debt Instrument, effective interest rate | 1.44% |  |
Notes Payable, Other Payables | 3.40% notes due 8/15/2027(5) |  |  |
Schedule of Short Term and Long Term Debt [Line Items] |  |  |
Notes outstanding | $ 750,000,000.0 | 750,000,000.0 |
Weighted average fixed rate | 3.44% |  |
Stated Note interest rate | 3.40% |  |
Debt Instrument Basis Spread Increase On Variable Rate | 0.685% |  |
Debt Instrument, effective interest rate | 0.91% |  |
Notes Payable, Other Payables | 2.50% notes due 4/15/2030 |  |  |
Schedule of Short Term and Long Term Debt [Line Items] |  |  |
Notes outstanding | $ 500,000,000.0 |  |
Notes Payable, Other Payables | 4.20% notes due 8/15/2047 |  |  |
Schedule of Short Term and Long Term Debt [Line Items] |  |  |
Notes outstanding | $ 300,000,000.0 | 300,000,000.0 |
Stated Note interest rate | 4.20% |  |
Notes Payable, Other Payables | 7.63%–8.12% notes due 2024 |  |  |
Schedule of Short Term and Long Term Debt [Line Items] |  |  |
Notes outstanding | $ 55,000,000.0 | 55,000,000.0 |
Notes Payable, Other Payables | Notes Issued In July 2011 |  |  |
Schedule of Short Term and Long Term Debt [Line Items] |  |  |
Notes outstanding | $ 250,000,000 |  |
Weighted average fixed rate | 4.01% |  |
Notes Payable, Other Payables | August 2013 |  |  |
Schedule of Short Term and Long Term Debt [Line Items] |  |  |
Notes outstanding | $ 250,000,000 |  |
Weighted average fixed rate | 3.30% |  |
Notes Payable, Other Payables | Interest Rate Swap [Member] | 3.40% notes due 8/15/2027(5) |  |  |
Schedule of Short Term and Long Term Debt [Line Items] |  |  |
Notes outstanding | $ 250,000,000 |  |
Notes Payable, Other Payables | Interest Rate Swap [Member] | 5.20% Notes Due 2015 |  |  |
Schedule of Short Term and Long Term Debt [Line Items] |  |  |
Notes outstanding | $ 100,000,000 |  |
Bridge Loan |  |  |
Schedule of Short Term and Long Term Debt [Line Items] |  |  |
Quarterly installment payments, percentage | 2.50% |  |
Bridge Loan | Term loan due 8/17/2022(2) |  |  |
Schedule of Short Term and Long Term Debt [Line Items] |  |  |
Long-term debt | $ 0 | $ 250,000,000.0 | $ 750,000,000.0
Stated Note interest rate |  |  | 2.70%
Twenty Seventeen Term Loan One |  |  |
Schedule of Short Term and Long Term Debt [Line Items] |  |  |
Notes Payable | $ 750.0 |  |
Minimum [Member] | Notes Payable, Other Payables | 7.63%–8.12% notes due 2024 |  |  |
Schedule of Short Term and Long Term Debt [Line Items] |  |  |
Stated Note interest rate | 7.63% |  |
Maximum [Member] | Notes Payable, Other Payables | 7.63%–8.12% notes due 2024 |  |  |
Schedule of Short Term and Long Term Debt [Line Items] |  |  |
Stated Note interest rate | 8.12% |  |

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