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ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE PROGRAMS (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Feb. 28, 2019
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.
|  | Six Months Ended February 28, 2018
(in thousands) |  | Total |  | U.S. |  | Poland
Deferred purchase price |  |  |  |  |  |
Balance, August 31, 2017 |  | $ | 215,123 |  |  | $ | 135,623 |  |  | $ | 79,500 |
Transfers of trade receivables |  | 1,345,646 |  |  | 1,087,650 |  |  | 257,996 |
Less: CPP |  | (992,154 | ) |  | (812,120 | ) |  | (180,034 | )
Non-cash increase to DPP |  | 353,492 |  |  | 275,530 |  |  | 77,962 |
Cash collections of DPP |  | (322,403 | ) |  | (256,269 | ) |  | (66,134 | )
Net repayments (advances) |  | 90,000 |  |  | 90,000 |  |  | — |
Net collections of DPP |  | (232,403 | ) |  | (166,269 | ) |  | (66,134 | )
Balance, February 28, 2018 |  | $ | 336,212 |  |  | $ | 244,884 |  |  | $ | 91,328 |

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