Operating Leases, Term

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Area of a real estate property.

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Term of lessee's operating lease renewal, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 842
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-Subparagraph (a)(3)
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- Definition

Rental expense for the reporting period incurred under operating leases, including minimum and any contingent rent expense, net of related sublease income.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/otherTransitionRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 840
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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UNCONSOLIDATED AFFILIATES (Narrative) (Details)	12 Months Ended
UNCONSOLIDATED AFFILIATES (Narrative) (Details)	Aug. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Aug. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Aug. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Aug. 31, 2019 m²	Aug. 31, 2019 ft²
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Rent expense	$ 18,873,000	$ 17,212,000	$ 15,637,000
GolfPark Plaza, S.A [Member]
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Renewal term	5 years
Panama [Member] \| GolfPark Plaza, S.A [Member]
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Area of property				1,670	17,976
Operating leases, Term	15 years
Rent expense	$ 105,700	$ 105,700	$ 105,700