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Employee Benefit And Retirement Plans - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions | 3 Months Ended | 6 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended
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May 31, 2023 | May 31, 2022 | May 31, 2023 | May 31, 2022 | Nov. 30, 2022
Retirement Benefits [Abstract] |  |  |  |  |
Payment for pension benefits |  |  | $ 3.6 | $ 4.1 | $ 11.4
Pension and other postretirement benefits (income), excluding service cost components | $ (2.8) | $ (2.6) | $ (5.4) | $ (5.1) |

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- Definition Amount of cash outflow for pension benefit. Includes, but is not limited to, employer contribution to fund plan asset and payment to retiree. Excludes other postretirement benefit. + References Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 230 -SubTopic 10 -Section 45 -Paragraph 25 -Subparagraph (g) -URI https://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=126954810&loc=d3e3536-108585 + Details
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