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Number Of Previous Equity Incentive Plans

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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Vesting Period

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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The maximum number of shares (or other type of equity) originally approved (usually by shareholders and board of directors), net of any subsequent amendments and adjustments, for awards under the equity-based compensation plan. As stock or unit options and equity instruments other than options are awarded to participants, the shares or units remain authorized and become reserved for issuance under outstanding awards (not necessarily vested).

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Number of treasury shares (units) reissued during the period, excluding reissuance of shares (units) held in treasury used to satisfy equity-based compensation obligations exercised by the holders of such rights. Upon reissuance of shares (units) from treasury, either the common or preferred stock (unit) reissued is outstanding.

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STOCK BASED COMPENSATION (Narrative) (Details)		12 Months Ended
STOCK BASED COMPENSATION (Narrative) (Details)	Jan. 22, 2013 item shares	Aug. 31, 2017 item shares	Aug. 31, 2016 shares	Aug. 31, 2015 shares
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of equity awards issued \| item		3
Reissued treasury shares		0	0	0
Minimum [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting period		1 year
Maximum [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting period		10 years
2013 Equity Incentive Award Plan [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of shares authorized	600,000	944,905
Number of previous equity incentive plans \| item	3
2013 Equity Incentive Award Plan [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of shares authorized	1,233,897