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POST EMPLOYMENT PLANS (Schedule of Assumptions Used) (Details) - Post-Employment Benefit Plans [Member]	Aug. 31, 2021	Aug. 31, 2020
Minimum [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Discount rate	3.50%	3.50%
Future salary escalation	3.00%	3.00%
Percentage of employees assumed to withdraw from Company without a benefit (“turnover”)	8.30%	11.10%
Percentage of employees assumed to withdraw from Company with a benefit (“disability”)	0.50%	0.50%
Maximum [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Discount rate	7.50%	10.70%
Future salary escalation	4.00%	4.10%
Percentage of employees assumed to withdraw from Company without a benefit (“turnover”)	15.00%	15.00%
Percentage of employees assumed to withdraw from Company with a benefit (“disability”)	6.60%	4.90%

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Percentage of employees assumed to withdraw from Company with a benefit (“disability”)

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Percentage of employees assumed to withdraw from Company without a benefit (“turnover”)

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Weighted average rate for present value of future retirement benefits cash flows, used to determine benefit obligation of defined benefit plan.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 715
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (k)(1)
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Weighted average rate increase of compensation, used to determine benefit obligation of defined benefit plan. Plan includes, but is not limited to, pay-related defined benefit plan.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 715
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-Section 50
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