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LEASES (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Aug. 31, 2021
LEASES [Abstract] |
Summary of Components of Total Lease Costs |
|  | Years Ended August 31,
|  | 2021 |  | 2020
Operating lease cost |  | $ | 17,724 |  | $ | 17,305
Short-term lease cost |  |  | 167 |  |  | 236
Variable lease cost |  |  | 4,410 |  |  | 3,679
Sublease income |  |  | (891) |  |  | (1,061)
Total lease costs |  | $ | 21,410 |  | $ | 20,159
Weighted Average Remaining Lease Term and Weighted Average Discount Rate |
|  | Years Ended August 31,
|  | 2021 |  | 2020
Weighted average remaining lease term in years |  | 18.3 |  | 18.2
Weighted average discount rate percentage |  | 6.7% |  | 6.4%
Supplemental Cash Flow Information Related To Leases |
|  | Years Ended August 31,
|  | 2021 |  | 2020
Operating cash flows paid for operating leases |  | $ | 16,420 |  | $ | 15,392
Schedule of Future Minimum Lease Commitments |
|  | Leased
Years Ended August 31, |  | Locations
2022 |  | $ | 16,436
2023 |  |  | 15,442
2024 |  |  | 14,864
2025 |  |  | 14,606
2026 |  |  | 13,014
Thereafter |  |  | 176,386
Total future lease payments |  |  | 250,748
Less imputed interest |  |  | (112,966)
Total operating lease liabilities |  | $ | 137,782

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of lessee's lease cost. Includes, but is not limited to, interest expense for finance lease, amortization of right-of-use asset for finance lease, operating lease cost, short-term lease cost, variable lease cost and sublease income. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 842 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 4 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=121609121&loc=SL77918686-209980 + Details
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- Definition Tabular disclosure of undiscounted cash flows of lessee's operating lease liability. Includes, but is not limited to, reconciliation of undiscounted cash flows to operating lease liability recognized in statement of financial position. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 842 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 6 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=121609121&loc=SL77918701-209980 + Details
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