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Employee Benefit And Retirement Plans - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions | 3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended
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Aug. 31, 2023 | Aug. 31, 2022 | Aug. 31, 2023 | Aug. 31, 2022 | Nov. 30, 2022
Retirement Benefits [Abstract] |  |  |  |  |
Payment for pension benefits |  |  | $ 7.4 | $ 9.9 | $ 11.4
Pension and other postretirement benefits (income), excluding service cost components | $ (2.7) | $ (2.4) | $ (8.1) | $ (7.5) |

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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 -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Section 45 -Paragraph 25 -Subparagraph (g) -SubTopic 10 -Topic 230 -Publisher FASB -URI https://asc.fasb.org//1943274/2147482740/230-10-45-25 + Details
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