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Derivative Instruments (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Aug. 31, 2021
Derivative Instruments And Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract] |
Fair Values of Derivative Instruments | Fair Values of Derivative Instruments
|  | Asset Derivatives |  |  | Liability Derivatives |
|  |  |  | August 31, |  |  |  |  | August 31, |
|  |  |  | 2021 |  |  | 2020 |  |  |  |  | 2021 |  |  | 2020 |
(In thousands) |  | Balance sheet caption |  | Fair Value |  |  | Fair Value |  |  | Balance sheet caption |  | Fair Value |  |  | Fair Value |
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Foreign forward exchange contracts |  | Accounts receivable, net |  | $ | 118 |  |  | $ | 560 |  |  | Accounts payable and accrued liabilities |  | $ | 268 |  |  | $ | 3 |
Interest rate swap contracts |  | Accounts receivable, net |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  | Accounts payable and accrued liabilities |  |  | 10,075 |  |  |  | 15,904 |
|  |  |  | $ | 118 |  |  | $ | 560 |  |  |  |  | $ | 10,343 |  |  | $ | 15,907 |
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Foreign forward exchange contracts |  | Accounts receivable, net |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 22 |  |  | Accounts payable and accrued liabilities |  | $ | 108 |  |  | $ | — |
Effect of Derivative Instruments on the Statements of Income | The Effect of Derivative Instruments on the Consolidated Statements of Income
Derivatives in cash flow hedging relationships |  | Location of gain (loss) recognized in income on derivative |  | Gain (loss) recognized in income on derivatives Years ended August 31, |
|  |  |  | 2021 |  |  | 2020 |
Foreign forward exchange contract |  | Interest and foreign exchange |  | $ | (70 | ) |  | $ | 83 |
Derivatives in cash flow hedging relationships |  | Gain (loss) recognized in OCI on derivatives Years ended August 31, |  |  | Location of gain (loss) reclassified from accumulated OCI into income |  | Gain (loss) reclassified from accumulated OCI into income Years ended August 31, |  |  | Location of gain (loss) in income on derivative (amount excluded from effectiveness testing) |  | Gain (loss) recognized on derivative (amount excluded from effectiveness testing) Years ended August 31, |
|  | 2021 |  |  | 2020 |  |  |  |  | 2021 |  |  | 2020 |  |  |  |  | 2021 |  |  | 2020 |
Foreign forward exchange contracts |  | $ | (1,976 | ) |  | $ | 461 |  |  | Revenue |  | $ | (1,330 | ) |  | $ | (748 | ) |  | Revenue |  | $ | 602 |  |  | $ | 996 |
Foreign forward exchange contracts |  |  | (37 | ) |  |  | (2,238 | ) |  | Cost of revenue |  |  | (78 | ) |  |  | (2,236 | ) |  | Cost of revenue |  |  | 124 |  |  |  | 513 |
Interest rate swap contracts |  |  | 568 |  |  |  | (8,307 | ) |  | Interest and foreign exchange |  |  | (5,261 | ) |  |  | (2,657 | ) |  | Interest and foreign exchange |  | — |  |  | — |
|  | $ | (1,445 | ) |  | $ | (10,084 | ) |  |  |  | $ | (6,669 | ) |  | $ | (5,641 | ) |  |  |  | $ | 726 |  |  | $ | 1,509 |
Effects of Cash Flow Hedges Included in Statements of Income | The following table presents the amounts in the Consolidated Statements of Income in which the effects of the cash flow hedges are recorded and the effects of the cash flow hedge activity on these line items for the years ended August 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019:
|  | For the Years Ended August 31, |
|  | 2021 |  |  | 2020 |  |  | 2019 |
(In thousands) |  | Total |  |  | Amount of gain (loss) on cash flow hedge activity |  |  | Total |  |  | Amount of gain (loss) on cash flow hedge activity |  |  | Total |  |  | Amount of gain (loss) on cash flow hedge activity |
Revenue |  | $ | 1,747,981 |  |  | $ | (1,330 | ) |  | $ | 2,792,189 |  |  | $ | (748 | ) |  | $ | 3,033,591 |  |  | $ | (764 | )
Cost of revenue |  |  | 1,516,374 |  |  |  | (78 | ) |  |  | 2,439,058 |  |  |  | (2,236 | ) |  |  | 2,667,105 |  |  |  | (1,030 | )
Interest and foreign exchange |  |  | 43,263 |  |  |  | (5,261 | ) |  |  | 43,619 |  |  |  | (2,657 | ) |  |  | 30,912 |  |  |  | (545 | )

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