CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Aug. 31, 2018	Aug. 31, 2017
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 622,473	$ 252,595
Accounts receivable (less allowance for doubtful accounts of $4,489 and $4,146)	749,484	561,411
Inventories	589,005	462,648
Other current assets	115,533	140,136
Assets of businesses held for sale and discontinued operations	710	297,110
Total current assets	2,077,205	1,713,900
Property, plant and equipment:
Land	85,288	81,570
Buildings and improvements	631,501	512,715
Equipment	1,918,342	1,720,299
Construction in process	35,741	258,109
Property, plant and equipment, Gross	2,670,872	2,572,693
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization	(1,595,834)	(1,521,016)
Property, plant and equipment, Net	1,075,038	1,051,677
Goodwill	64,310	64,915
Other assets	111,751	144,639
Total assets	3,328,304	2,975,131
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	261,258	226,456
Accrued expenses and other payables	259,022	274,972
Current maturities of long-term debt	19,746	19,182
Liabilities of businesses held for sale and discontinued operations	1,917	87,828
Total current liabilities	541,943	608,438
Deferred income taxes	37,834	49,160
Other long-term liabilities	116,325	111,023
Long-term debt	1,138,619	805,580
Total liabilities	1,834,721	1,574,201
Commitments and contingencies (Note 18)
Stockholders' equity:
Common stock, par value $0.01 per share; authorized 200,000,000 shares; issued 129,060,664 shares; outstanding 117,015,558 and 115,793,736 shares	1,290	1,290
Additional paid-in capital	352,674	349,258
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	(93,677)	(81,513)
Retained earnings	1,446,495	1,363,806
Less treasury stock, 12,045,106 and 13,266,928 shares at cost	(213,385)	(232,084)
Stockholders' equity	1,493,397	1,400,757
Stockholders' equity attributable to noncontrolling interests	186	173
Total equity	1,493,583	1,400,930
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity	$ 3,328,304	$ 2,975,131

Carrying value as of the balance sheet date of obligations incurred (and for which invoices have typically been received) and payable to vendors for goods and services received that are used in an entity's business. Used to reflect the current portion of the liabilities (due within one year or within the normal operating cycle if longer).

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- Definition

Amount due from customers or clients, within one year of the balance sheet date (or the normal operating cycle, whichever is longer), for goods or services (including trade receivables) that have been delivered or sold in the normal course of business, reduced to the estimated net realizable fair value by an allowance established by the entity of the amount it deems uncertain of collection.

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 606
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 8
-Subparagraph (a)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=109196051&loc=SL49130549-203045

Reference 2: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02(3))
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682