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SALES OF ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE (Activity of Deferred Purchase Price Receivables) (Details) - USD ($) | 3 Months Ended
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Nov. 30, 2017 | Nov. 30, 2016
Securitization or Asset-backed Financing Arrangement, Financial Asset for Which Transfer is Accounted as Sale [Roll Forward] |  |  |  |
Beginning balance |  | $ 706,595,000 |  |
Ending balance |  | 772,588,000 |  |
Deferred purchase price receivables |  |  |  |
Securitization or Asset-backed Financing Arrangement, Financial Asset for Which Transfer is Accounted as Sale [Roll Forward] |  |  |  |
Beginning balance |  | 215,123,000 | $ 289,748,000 |
Transfers of accounts receivable |  | 656,642,000 | 556,964,000 |
Collections |  | (578,389,000) | (551,274,000) |
Exit from programs |  |  | (33,917,000) |
Ending balance |  | 293,376,000 | 261,521,000 |
UNITED STATES | Deferred purchase price receivables |  |  |  |
Securitization or Asset-backed Financing Arrangement, Financial Asset for Which Transfer is Accounted as Sale [Roll Forward] |  |  |  |
Beginning balance |  | 135,623,000 | 212,762,000 | [1]
Transfers of accounts receivable |  | 535,893,000 | 470,145,000 | [1]
Collections |  | (450,482,000) | (467,190,000) | [1]
Exit from programs | [1] |  | 0 |
Ending balance |  | 221,034,000 | 215,717,000 | [1]
UNITED STATES | Businesses Sold or Held for Sale |  |  |  |
Securitization or Asset-backed Financing Arrangement, Financial Asset for Which Transfer is Accounted as Sale [Roll Forward] |  |  |  |
Transfers of accounts receivable |  |  | 33,900,000 |
Collections |  |  | (39,500,000) |
AUSTRALIA | Deferred purchase price receivables |  |  |  |
Securitization or Asset-backed Financing Arrangement, Financial Asset for Which Transfer is Accounted as Sale [Roll Forward] |  |  |  |
Beginning balance | [2] |  | 26,662,000 |
Transfers of accounts receivable | [2] |  | 16,914,000 |
Collections | [2] |  | (9,659,000) |
Exit from programs | [2] |  | (33,917,000) |
Ending balance | [2] |  | 0 |
AUSTRALIA | Businesses Sold or Held for Sale |  |  |  |
Securitization or Asset-backed Financing Arrangement, Financial Asset for Which Transfer is Accounted as Sale [Roll Forward] |  |  |  |
Transfers of accounts receivable |  |  | 0 |
Collections |  |  | (3,700,000) |
Exit from programs |  |  | 1,600,000 |
POLAND | Deferred purchase price receivables |  |  |  |
Securitization or Asset-backed Financing Arrangement, Financial Asset for Which Transfer is Accounted as Sale [Roll Forward] |  |  |  |
Beginning balance |  | 79,500,000 | 50,324,000 |
Transfers of accounts receivable |  | 120,749,000 | 69,905,000 |
Collections |  | (127,907,000) | (74,425,000) |
Exit from programs |  |  | 0 |
Ending balance |  | $ 72,342,000 | $ 45,804,000 |
[1] | Includes the sale of trade accounts receivable activities related to the CMC Cometals discontinued operation. See Note 2, Changes in Business, for further discussion. For the three months ended November 30, 2016, there were transfers of trade accounts receivable of $33.9 million and collections were $39.5 million.
[2] | Includes the sale of trade accounts receivable activities related to the Australian steel distribution business discontinued operation. For the three months ended November 30, 2016, there were no transfers of trade accounts receivable, collections were $3.7 million and redemptions of trade accounts receivable associated with the exit from the program were $1.6 million.

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