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Income Taxes - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)
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12 Months Ended | 3 Months Ended | ||
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Aug. 31, 2013
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Aug. 31, 2012
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Aug. 31, 2011
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Aug. 31, 2013
properly state deferred income tax balances associated with its equity compensation programs
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| Quantifying Misstatement in Current Year Financial Statements [Line Items] | ||||
| Prior period reclassification adjustment | $ 10,600,000 | |||
| Foreign loss carryforwards expiring at various dates between 2013 and 2021 | 12,900,000 | |||
| Recognized interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits | 2,900,000 | 4,500,000 | 5,100,000 | |
| Significant Change in Unrecognized Tax Benefits is Reasonably Possible, Amount of Unrecorded Benefit | 4,300,000 | |||
| Undistributed earnings | 427,100,000 | |||
| Additional provision for undistributed earnings | 79,800,000 | |||
| Debt refinancing costs | 0 | 16,830,000 | 0 | |
| Income taxes, net of refunds | $ 42,100,000 | $ 56,500,000 | $ 23,100,000 | |
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- Definition
Deferred Tax Liability Not Recognized, Amount of Unrecognized Deferred Tax Liability, Undistributed Earnings of Foreign Subsidiaries No definition available.
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Operating Loss Carryforwards and Tax Credit Carryforwards No definition available.
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- Definition
The amount of cash paid during the current period to foreign, federal, state, and local authorities as taxes on income, net of any cash received during the current period as refunds for the overpayment of taxes. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition
Interest and debt related expenses associated with nonoperating financing activities of the entity. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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Amount of each individual error being corrected in the correcting adjustment. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition
The amount of the unrecognized tax benefit of a position taken for which it is reasonably possible that the total amount thereof will significantly increase or decrease within twelve months of the balance sheet date. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition
Amount of undistributed earnings of foreign subsidiaries intended to be permanently reinvested outside the United States that are not subject to U.S. federal income taxes. No definition available.
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- Definition
This element represents the total of interest expense recognized for an underpayment of income taxes computed by applying the applicable statutory rate of interest to the difference between a tax position recognized for financial reporting purposes and the amount previously taken or expected to be taken in a tax return of the entity and the amount of statutory penalties in the period in which the entity claims or expects to claim a tax position, in its tax return, that does not meet the minimum statutory threshold to avoid payment of penalties. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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