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STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION PLANS (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Feb. 28, 2023
Share-Based Payment Arrangement [Abstract] |
Schedule of Stock Based Awards Granted | During the six months ended February 28, 2023 and 2022, the Company granted the following awards under its stock-based compensation plans:
|  | February 28, 2023 |  | February 28, 2022
(in thousands, except per share data) |  | Shares Granted |  | Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value |  | Shares Granted |  | Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
Equity method |  | 1,392 |  |  | $ | 36.47 |  |  | 1,440 |  |  | $ | 27.95 |
Liability method |  | 242 |  |  | N/A |  | 261 |  |  | N/A
Schedule of Stock-based Compensation Expense | The following table summarizes total stock-based compensation expense, including fair value remeasurements, which was primarily included in selling, general and administrative expenses in the Company's condensed consolidated statements of earnings:
|  | Three Months Ended February 28, |  | Six Months Ended February 28,
(in thousands) |  | 2023 |  | 2022 |  | 2023 |  | 2022
Stock-based compensation expense |  | $ | 16,949 |  |  | $ | 16,251 |  |  | $ | 33,624 |  |  | $ | 25,870 |

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