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STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Feb. 29, 2020
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY [Abstract] |
Schedule of Dividends |
|  |  |  |  | First Payment |  | Second Payment
Declared |  | Amount |  | Record ‎Date |  | Date ‎Paid |  | Date ‎Payable |  | Amount |  | Record ‎Date |  | Date ‎Paid |  | Date ‎Payable |  | Amount
2/6/2020 |  | $ | 0.70 |  | 2/15/2020 |  | 2/28/2020 |  | N/A |  | $ | 0.35 |  | 8/15/2020 |  | N/A |  | 8/31/2020 |  | $ | 0.35
1/30/2019 |  | $ | 0.70 |  | 2/15/2019 |  | 2/28/2019 |  | N/A |  | $ | 0.35 |  | 8/15/2019 |  | 8/30/2019 |  | N/A |  | $ | 0.35
Schedule of Components of Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) |
| Attributable to |  | Noncontrolling |  |  |
| PriceSmart |  | Interests |  | Total
Beginning balance, September 1, 2019 | $ | (144,339) |  | $ | 20 |  | $ | (144,319)
Foreign currency translation adjustments |  | (7,107) |  |  | 55 |  |  | (7,052)
Defined benefit pension plans |  | 50 |  |  | — |  |  | 50
Derivative instruments (1) |  | (1,177) |  |  | — |  |  | (1,177)
Ending balance, February 29, 2020 | $ | (152,573) |  | $ | 75 |  | $ | (152,498)
| Attributable to |  | Noncontrolling |  |  |
| PriceSmart |  | Interests |  | Total
Beginning balance, September 1, 2018 | $ | (121,216) |  | $ | (1) |  | $ | (121,217)
Foreign currency translation adjustments |  | (8,276) |  |  | 21 |  |  | (8,255)
Defined benefit pension plans |  | 50 |  |  | — |  |  | 50
Derivative Instruments (1) |  | (668) |  |  | — |  |  | (668)
Ending balance, February 28, 2019 | $ | (130,110) |  | $ | 20 |  | $ | (130,090)
| Attributable to |  | Noncontrolling |  |  |
| PriceSmart |  | Interests |  | Total
Beginning balance, September 1, 2018 | $ | (121,216) |  | $ | (1) |  | $ | (121,217)
Foreign currency translation adjustments |  | (19,717) |  |  | 21 |  |  | (19,696)
Defined benefit pension plans |  | (112) |  |  | — |  |  | (112)
Derivative Instruments (1) |  | (3,369) |  |  | — |  |  | (3,369)
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) (2) |  | 75 |  |  | — |  |  | 75
Ending balance, August 31, 2019 | $ | (144,339) |  | $ | 20 |  | $ | (144,319)
(1)See Note 8 - Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities. (2)Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss related to the minimum pension liability are included in warehouse club and other operations in the Company's consolidated statements of income.
Summary of Retained Earnings Not Available for Distribution |
|  | February 29, |  | August 31,
|  | 2020 |  | 2019
Retained earnings not available for distribution |  | $ | 8,250 |  | $ | 7,843

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