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ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE PROGRAMS (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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May 31, 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 condensed consolidated balance sheets.
|  | Nine Months Ended May 31, 2018
(in thousands) |  | Total |  | U.S. |  | Poland
Deferred purchase price |  |  |  |  |  |
Balance, August 31, 2017 |  | $ | 215,123 |  |  | $ | 135,623 |  |  | $ | 79,500 |
Transfers of trade receivables |  | 2,116,243 |  |  | 1,741,451 |  |  | 374,792 |
Less: CPP |  | (1,576,579 | ) |  | (1,311,705 | ) |  | (264,874 | )
Non-cash increase to DPP |  | 539,664 |  |  | 429,746 |  |  | 109,918 |
Cash collections of DPP |  | (491,577 | ) |  | (383,955 | ) |  | (107,622 | )
Net repayments (advances) |  | 69,444 |  |  | 90,000 |  |  | (20,556 | )
Net collections of DPP |  | (422,133 | ) |  | (293,955 | ) |  | (128,178 | )
Balance, May 31, 2018 |  | $ | 332,654 |  |  | $ | 271,414 |  |  | $ | 61,240 |

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