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Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on Recurring Basis and Categorized using Fair Value Hierarchy (Detail) (Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring, USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified | Aug. 31, 2014 | May 31, 2014
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Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Contingent consideration | $ (55,466) | $ (81,296)
Assets (liabilities) at fair value | 71,691 | 44,616
Foreign currency forward contract |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Foreign currency forward contract |  | 2,582
Foreign currency contracts, fair value of liability | (492) |
Cross-currency swap |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Foreign currency contracts, fair value of liability | (13,415) | (19,550)
U.S. Treasury and other government |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Assets measured at fair value on recurring basis | 20,393 | 21,144
Foreign bonds |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Assets measured at fair value on recurring basis | 39 | 40
Mortgage-backed securities |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Assets measured at fair value on recurring basis | 137 | 140
Corporate bonds |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Assets measured at fair value on recurring basis | 1,689 | 1,756
Stocks | Foreign |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Assets measured at fair value on recurring basis | 3,177 | 1,633
Stocks | Domestic |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Assets measured at fair value on recurring basis | 38,418 | 39,904
Mutual funds | Foreign |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Assets measured at fair value on recurring basis | 32,728 | 33,340
Mutual funds | Domestic |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Assets measured at fair value on recurring basis | 44,483 | 44,923
Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Assets (liabilities) at fair value | 41,595 | 41,537
Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) | Stocks | Foreign |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Assets measured at fair value on recurring basis | 3,177 | 1,633
Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) | Stocks | Domestic |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Assets measured at fair value on recurring basis | 38,418 | 39,904
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Assets (liabilities) at fair value | 85,562 | 84,375
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | Foreign currency forward contract |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Foreign currency forward contract |  | 2,582
Foreign currency contracts, fair value of liability | (492) |
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | Cross-currency swap |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Foreign currency contracts, fair value of liability | (13,415) | (19,550)
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | U.S. Treasury and other government |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Assets measured at fair value on recurring basis | 20,393 | 21,144
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | Foreign bonds |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Assets measured at fair value on recurring basis | 39 | 40
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | Mortgage-backed securities |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Assets measured at fair value on recurring basis | 137 | 140
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | Corporate bonds |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Assets measured at fair value on recurring basis | 1,689 | 1,756
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | Mutual funds | Foreign |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Assets measured at fair value on recurring basis | 32,728 | 33,340
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | Mutual funds | Domestic |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Assets measured at fair value on recurring basis | 44,483 | 44,923
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Contingent consideration | (55,466) | (81,296)
Assets (liabilities) at fair value | $ (55,466) | $ (81,296)

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- Definition Disclosure of assets and liabilities, including financial instruments measured at fair value, on a recurring basis. The disclosures contemplated herein include the fair value measurements at the reporting date by the level within the fair value hierarchy in which the fair value measurements in their entirety fall, segregating fair value measurements using quoted prices in active markets for identical assets (Level 1), significant other observable inputs (Level 2), and significant unobservable inputs (Level 3). + References No definition available. + Details
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