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STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Aug. 31, 2021
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY [Abstract] |
Schedule of Dividends |
|  |  |  |  | First Payment |  | Second Payment
Declared |  | Amount |  | Record ‎Date |  | Date ‎Paid |  | Amount |  | Record ‎Date |  | Date ‎Paid |  | Amount
2/4/2021 |  | $ | 0.70 |  | 2/15/2021 |  | 2/26/2021 |  | $ | 0.35 |  | 8/15/2021 |  | 8/31/2021 |  | $ | 0.35
2/6/2020 |  | $ | 0.70 |  | 2/15/2020 |  | 2/28/2020 |  | $ | 0.35 |  | 8/15/2020 |  | 8/31/2020 |  | $ | 0.35
1/30/2019 |  | $ | 0.70 |  | 2/15/2019 |  | 2/28/2019 |  | $ | 0.35 |  | 8/15/2019 |  | 8/30/2019 |  | $ | 0.35
Schedule of Components of Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) and Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss |
| Attributable to |  | Noncontrolling |  |  |
| PriceSmart |  | Interests |  | Total
Beginning balance, August 31, 2018 | $ | (121,216) |  | $ | (1) |  | $ | (121,217)
Foreign currency translation adjustments |  | (19,717) |  |  | 21 |  |  | (19,696)
Defined benefit pension plans (1) |  | (112) |  |  | — |  |  | (112)
Derivative Instruments (2) |  | (3,369) |  |  | — |  |  | (3,369)
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss |  | 75 |  |  | — |  |  | 75
Ending balance, August 31, 2019 | $ | (144,339) |  | $ | 20 |  | $ | (144,319)
Foreign currency translation adjustments |  | (29,413) |  |  | 114 |  |  | (29,299)
Defined benefit pension plans (1) |  | (79) |  |  | — |  |  | (79)
Derivative Instruments (2) |  | (5,803) |  |  | — |  |  | (5,803)
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss |  | 2,814 |  |  | — |  |  | 2,814
Ending balance, August 31, 2020 | $ | (176,820) |  | $ | 134 |  | $ | (176,686)
Foreign currency translation adjustments |  | (7,837) |  |  | 117 |  |  | (7,720)
Defined benefit pension plans (1) |  | (230) |  |  | — |  |  | (230)
Derivative Instruments (2) |  | 2,252 |  |  | — |  |  | 2,252
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss |  | 127 |  |  | — |  |  | 127
Ending balance, August 31, 2021 | $ | (182,508) |  | $ | 251 |  | $ | (182,257)
(1)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. (2)Refer to “Note 13 - Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities.”
Summary of Retained Earnings Not Available for Distribution |
|  | August 31, |  | August 31,
|  | 2021 |  | 2020
Retained earnings not available for distribution |  | $ | 8,022 |  | $ | 7,375

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