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Employee Benefit Plans - Schedule of changes in fair value level 3 assets (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	May 31, 2023	May 31, 2022
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation, Calculation [Roll Forward]
Beginning Balance	$ 4.2	$ 6.0
Actual Return on Plan Assets:
Relating to assets still held at year-end	(0.9)	(1.2)
Relating to assets sold during the year	0.0	0.0
Purchases, sales and settlements, net	0.0	0.0
Transfers in and/or out of Level 3	0.0	0.0
Foreign currency translation	(0.0)	0.6
Ending Balance	$ 3.3	$ 4.2

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The assets that are still held by the entity during the period, measured at fair value and categorized within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy.

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Amount of gain (loss) recognized in foreign currency translation adjustments, arising during the period measured at fair value on a recurring basis using unobservable inputs (level 3).

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Amount of purchases, (sales), issuances and (settlements) of financial instrument classified as an asset measured using unobservable inputs that reflect the entity's own assumption about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing.

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Amount of sale of financial instrument classified as an asset measured using unobservable inputs that reflect the entity's own assumption about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing.

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Amount of transfer of financial instrument classified as an asset into (out of) level 3 of the fair value hierarchy.

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