Business optimization costs.

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Amount charged against earnings in the period for incurred and estimated costs associated with business realignment activities, such as voluntary severance costs and external professional fees, pursuant to a duly authorized plan.

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Settlement on receivables.

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Amount of write-down of assets recognized in the income statement. Includes, but is not limited to, losses from tangible assets, intangible assets and goodwill.

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Costs incurred to effect a business combination which have been expensed during the period. Such costs could include business integration costs, systems integration and conversion costs, and severance and other employee-related costs.

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Amount of gain (loss) recognized in settlement of litigation and insurance claims. Excludes claims within an insurance entity's normal claims settlement process.

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The charge against earnings resulting from the write down of long lived assets other than goodwill due to the difference between the carrying value and lower fair value.

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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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	May 31, 2024	May 31, 2024	May 31, 2023	May 31, 2022	May 31, 2023
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Business optimization costs		$ 582,000,000	$ 273,000,000
Business realignment costs		0	36,000,000	$ 278,000,000	$ 430,000,000
Goodwill and other asset impairment charges	$ 0	157,000,000	117,000,000
Corporate, Other and Eliminations [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Business optimization costs		331,000,000	262,000,000
FedEx ground legal matter		57,000,000	(35,000,000)	(210,000,000)
FedEx Express Segment [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Business realignment costs			36,000,000	278,000,000
Other asset impairment charges		157,000,000	70,000,000
FedEx Express Segment [Member] \| Corporate, Other and Eliminations [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Integration expenses				$ 132,000,000
FedEx Express Segment [Member] \| Operating Segments [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Business optimization costs		143,000,000	11,000,000
FedEx Dataworks [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Goodwill and other asset impairment charges			$ 47,000,000
FedEx Ground Segment [Member] \| Operating Segments [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Business optimization costs		$ 108,000,000
Fedex Ground and Fedex Corporate Segment [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Settlement on receivables	$ (19,500,000,000)