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SALES OF ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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May. 31, 2015
Transfers and Servicing [Abstract] |
Activity of the deferred purchase price receivables | The following tables summarize the activity of the deferred purchase price receivables for the U.S. and international sale of accounts receivable programs:
|  | Three Months Ended May 31, 2015
(in thousands) |  | Total |  | U.S. |  | Australia* |  | Europe
Beginning balance |  | $ | 386,447 |  |  | $ | 327,009 |  |  | $ | 21,680 |  |  | $ | 37,758 |
Transfers of accounts receivable |  | 892,387 |  |  | 724,309 |  |  | 79,173 |  |  | 88,905 |
Collections |  | (871,953 | ) |  | (727,077 | ) |  | (75,210 | ) |  | (69,666 | )
Ending balance |  | $ | 406,881 |  |  | $ | 324,241 |  |  | $ | 25,643 |  |  | $ | 56,997 |
|  | Nine Months Ended May 31, 2015
(in thousands) |  | Total |  | U.S. |  | Australia* |  | Europe
Beginning balance |  | $ | 385,169 |  |  | $ | 329,797 |  |  | $ | 34,071 |  |  | $ | 21,301 |
Transfers of accounts receivable |  | 2,908,695 |  |  | 2,426,691 |  |  | 233,237 |  |  | 248,767 |
Collections |  | (2,886,983 | ) |  | (2,432,247 | ) |  | (241,665 | ) |  | (213,071 | )
Ending balance |  | $ | 406,881 |  |  | $ | 324,241 |  |  | $ | 25,643 |  |  | $ | 56,997 |
* Includes the sales of accounts receivable activities related to businesses held for sale (transfers of accounts receivable of $46.2 million and $148.3 million, and collections of $47.5 million and $164.0 million for the three and nine months ended May 31, 2015, respectively).
|  | Three Months Ended May 31, 2014
(in thousands) |  | Total |  | U.S. |  | Australia |  | Europe
Beginning balance |  | $ | 313,117 |  |  | $ | 273,714 |  |  | $ | 29,635 |  |  | $ | 9,768 |
Transfers of accounts receivable |  | 1,039,136 |  |  | 808,886 |  |  | 120,350 |  |  | 109,900 |
Collections |  | (989,887 | ) |  | (803,592 | ) |  | (111,791 | ) |  | (74,504 | )
Ending balance |  | $ | 362,366 |  |  | $ | 279,008 |  |  | $ | 38,194 |  |  | $ | 45,164 |
|  | Nine Months Ended May 31, 2014
(in thousands) |  | Total |  | U.S. |  | Australia |  | Europe
Beginning balance |  | $ | 453,252 |  |  | $ | 358,822 |  |  | $ | 64,996 |  |  | $ | 29,434 |
Transfers of accounts receivable |  | 3,115,437 |  |  | 2,423,990 |  |  | 374,170 |  |  | 317,277 |
Collections |  | (3,134,011 | ) |  | (2,503,804 | ) |  | (328,660 | ) |  | (301,547 | )
Program termination |  | (72,312 | ) |  | — |  |  | (72,312 | ) |  | — |
Ending balance |  | $ | 362,366 |  |  | $ | 279,008 |  |  | $ | 38,194 |  |  | $ | 45,164 |

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