Other Assets Schedule of Intangible Assets (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Aug. 31, 2017	Aug. 31, 2016
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Gross	$ 69,803	$ 86,569
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Accumulated Amortization	(36,473)	(41,803)
Customer lists, trademarks and other intangible assets	33,330	44,766
Customer lists
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Gross	46,180	51,554
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Accumulated Amortization	(14,695)	(15,550)
Customer lists, trademarks and other intangible assets	31,485	36,004
Trademarks and other intangible assets [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Gross	23,623	35,015
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Accumulated Amortization	(21,778)	(26,253)
Customer lists, trademarks and other intangible assets	$ 1,845	$ 8,762

Accumulated amount of amortization of assets, excluding financial assets and goodwill, lacking physical substance with a finite life.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 350
-SubTopic 30
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (a)(1)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=66006027&loc=d3e16323-109275

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