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ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE PROGRAMS (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Nov. 30, 2018
Transfers and Servicing [Abstract] |
Activity of the deferred purchase price receivables | For periods prior to fiscal 2019, DPP on the Programs was included in accounts receivable on the Company's unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets.
|  | Three Months Ended November 30, 2017
(in thousands) |  | Total |  | U.S. |  | Poland
Deferred purchase price |  |  |  |  |  |
Balance, August 31, 2017 |  | $ | 215,123 |  |  | $ | 135,623 |  |  | $ | 79,500 |
Transfers of trade receivables |  | 656,642 |  |  | 535,893 |  |  | 120,749 |
Less: CPP |  | (492,432 | ) |  | (404,337 | ) |  | (88,095 | )
Non-cash increase to DPP |  | 164,210 |  |  | 131,556 |  |  | 32,654 |
Cash collections of DPP |  | (175,957 | ) |  | (136,145 | ) |  | (39,812 | )
Repayments of advances |  | 90,000 |  |  | 90,000 |  |  | — |
Net collections of DPP |  | (85,957 | ) |  | (46,145 | ) |  | (39,812 | )
Balance, November 30, 2017 |  | $ | 293,376 |  |  | $ | 221,034 |  |  | $ | 72,342 |

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