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Schedule II - Valuation And Qualifying Accounts | 12 Months Ended
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Schedule II - Valuation And Qualifying Accounts [Abstract] |
Schedule II - Valuation And Qualifying Accounts | MSC INDUSTRIAL DIRECT CO., INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES SCHEDULE II VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS (In thousands) ﻿ ﻿
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﻿Description |  |  | Balance at Beginning of Year |  |  | Charged to Costs and Expenses |  |  | Charged to Other Accounts |  |  | Deductions(2) |  |  | Balance at End of Year
﻿Deducted from asset accounts: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
﻿For the fiscal year ended August 29, 2015 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
﻿ Allowance for doubtful accounts(1) |  | $ | 9,310 |  | $ | 6,665 |  | $ | — |  | $ | 4,663 |  | $ | 11,312
﻿Deducted from asset accounts: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
﻿For the fiscal year ended September 3, 2016 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
﻿ Allowance for doubtful accounts(1) |  | $ | 11,312 |  | $ | 6,997 |  | $ | — |  | $ | 5,956 |  | $ | 12,353
﻿Deducted from asset accounts: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
﻿For the fiscal year ended September 2, 2017 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
﻿ Allowance for doubtful accounts(1) |  | $ | 12,353 |  | $ | 7,048 |  | $ | — |  | $ | 6,123 |  | $ | 13,278
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| (1) |  | Included in accounts receivable.
| (2) |  | Comprised of uncollected accounts charged against the allowance.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for any allowance and reserve accounts (their beginning and ending balances, as well as a reconciliation by type of activity during the period). Alternatively, disclosure of the required information may be within the footnotes to the financial statements or a supplemental schedule to the financial statements. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 235 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2122369 + Details
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