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ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE PROGRAMS (Activity of the Deferred Purchase Price Receivables) (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Aug. 31, 2019
Transfers and Servicing [Abstract] |
Activity of the deferred purchase price receivables |
(in thousands) |  | Total |  | U.S.* |  | Poland |  | Australia**
Deferred purchase price |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Balance at September 1, 2016 |  | $ | 289,748 |  |  | $ | 212,762 |  |  | $ | 50,324 |  |  | $ | 26,662 |
Transfers of trade receivables |  | 2,646,513 |  |  | 2,251,118 |  |  | 378,481 |  |  | 16,914 |
Less: CPP |  | (1,899,088 | ) |  | (1,635,701 | ) |  | (249,850 | ) |  | (13,537 | )
Non-cash increase to DPP |  | 747,425 |  |  | 615,417 |  |  | 128,631 |  |  | 3,377 |
Cash collections of DPP |  | (616,017 | ) |  | (512,171 | ) |  | (99,455 | ) |  | (4,391 | )
Net repayments (advances) |  | (81,731 | ) |  | (90,000 | ) |  | — |  |  | 8,269 |
Exit from Programs |  | (124,302 | ) |  | (90,385 | ) |  | — |  |  | (33,917 | )
Net collections of DPP |  | (822,050 | ) |  | (692,556 | ) |  | (99,455 | ) |  | (30,039 | )
Balance at August 31, 2017 |  | 215,123 |  |  | 135,623 |  |  | 79,500 |  |  | — |
Transfers of trade receivables |  | 2,932,379 |  |  | 2,396,780 |  |  | 535,599 |  |  | — |
Less: CPP |  | (2,187,377 | ) |  | (1,818,781 | ) |  | (368,596 | ) |  | — |
Non-cash increase to DPP |  | 745,002 |  |  | 577,999 |  |  | 167,003 |  |  | — |
Cash collections of DPP |  | (670,457 | ) |  | (531,541 | ) |  | (138,916 | ) |  | — |
Net repayments (advances) |  | 77,853 |  |  | 90,000 |  |  | (12,147 | ) |  | — |
Net collections of DPP |  | (592,604 | ) |  | (441,541 | ) |  | (151,063 | ) |  | — |
Balance at August 31, 2018 |  | $ | 367,521 |  |  | $ | 272,081 |  |  | $ | 95,440 |  |  | $ | — |
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