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Income Taxes - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($) |  |  |  | 3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended
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Jan. 01, 2018 | Dec. 22, 2017 | Dec. 21, 2017 | Feb. 28, 2019 | Feb. 28, 2018 | Feb. 28, 2017 | Feb. 28, 2019 | Feb. 28, 2018 | May 31, 2018
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Corporate income tax rate |  | 21.00% | 35.00% | 21.00% | 29.20% | 35.00% | 21.00% | 29.20% |
Corporate tax rate reduction effective date | Jan. 01, 2018 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Percentage of blended rate | 29.20% |  |  |  | 29.20% |  |  |  |
Provisional income tax expense (benefit) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 7,300,000
Provisional income tax expense (benefit) related to provisional re-measurement of deferred tax assets and liabilities |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | (15,700,000)
Provisional income tax benefit for the partial reversal of existing deferred tax liabilities |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 44,900,000
Provisional charge for the transition tax on previously deferred foreign earnings |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 67,900,000
Discrete tax expense (benefit) |  |  |  | $ (8,100,000) |  |  | $ (16,500,000) |  |
Income tax expense (benefit) related to re-measurement of deferred tax assets and liabilities |  |  |  | (6,300,000) |  |  |  |  |
Benefit from reduction of transition tax on unremitted earnings from foreign subsidiaries |  |  |  | $ 1,800,000 |  |  |  |  |
Effective income tax expense rate |  |  |  | 224.70% | 17.00% |  | 17.80% | 15.30% |
Favorable impact of net discrete tax benefits on relatively low level of pre-tax earnings |  |  |  | $ (12,700,000) |  |  | $ (12,700,000) |  |
Discrete tax expense (benefit) related adjustment to net provisional estimate of tax Act |  |  |  |  | $ (1,400,000) |  |  |  |
Discrete tax expense (benefits) recorded in connection with foreign tax credit planning and implementation of foreign legal entity restructuring |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ (27,000,000) |
Deferred income tax liability |  |  |  | 19,200,000 |  |  | 19,200,000 |  | 19,900,000
Remittance of foreign earnings |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 549,800,000
Unremitted foreign earnings |  |  |  | 423,400,000 |  |  | 423,400,000 |  |
Provision for deferred income taxes |  |  |  | $ 0 |  |  | $ 0 |  |

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