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Defined Benefit Plans, Number Of Eligible Terminated Vested Participants

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Defined Benefit Plans, Number of Retirees

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Liability, Defined Benefit Pension Plan, Eligible Terminated Vested Participants

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Period to Contribute to Pension Plan Payments

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Weighted average rate for present value of future retirement benefits cash flows, used to determine net periodic benefit cost of defined benefit plan.

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Amount of contribution received by defined benefit plan from employer which increases plan assets.

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Amount of contributions received and expected to be received by defined benefit plan from employer in current fiscal year.

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Amount of contributions expected to be received by defined benefit plan from employer in fiscal year. Excludes contributions paid by employer in current fiscal year.

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Amount of (increase) decrease to benefit obligation of defined benefit plan from irrevocable action relieving primary responsibility for benefit obligation and eliminating risk for obligation and assets used to effect settlement. Includes, but is not limited to, lump-sum cash payment to participant in exchange for right to receive specified benefits, purchase of nonparticipating annuity contract and change from remeasurement.

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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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Amount, after tax, of reclassification adjustment from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) for transition asset (obligation) of defined benefit plan.

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BENEFIT PLANS (Narrative) (Details) retiree in Thousands, participant in Thousands, $ in Millions			1 Months Ended		3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jul. 01, 2018 USD ($)	May 31, 2017 retiree	Mar. 31, 2018 USD ($)	May 31, 2017 USD ($) retiree	Aug. 04, 2018 USD ($)	Jul. 29, 2017 USD ($)	Aug. 04, 2018 USD ($)	Jul. 29, 2017 USD ($)	Aug. 31, 2018 USD ($) property	Apr. 27, 2018 USD ($) participant	Mar. 14, 2018 property	Nov. 30, 2017 property
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Contributions to pension and post-retirement plans					$ 57	$ 65	$ 343	$ 134
Estimated future employer contributions in current fiscal year					219		219
Number of properties released under amendment \| property											138	138
Loss reclassification adjustment from AOCI, pension and other postretirement benefit plans							$ 108
Pension Plan
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Contributions to pension and post-retirement plans			$ 282
Escrow deposit			$ 125
Employer contribution relief period							2 years
Expected future employer contributions					20		$ 20
Number of eligible terminated vested participants \| participant										12
Eligible terminated vested participants										$ 550
Loss reclassification adjustment from AOCI, pension and other postretirement benefit plans					108
Discount rate assumption		3.85%
MetLife
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Loss reclassification adjustment from AOCI, pension and other postretirement benefit plans								$ 200
MetLife \| Pension Plan
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Loss reclassification adjustment from AOCI, pension and other postretirement benefit plans						$ 200
Craftsman Brand
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Income stream							15 years
Period to contribute to pension plan payments							5 years
Real estate pledged as collateral, at fair value					$ 100		$ 100
Plan 1 \| Pension Plan
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Payments of pension benefits to terminated vested participants	$ 315
Plan 2 \| Pension Plan
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Payments of pension benefits to terminated vested participants	$ 28
Plan 2 \| MetLife \| Pension Plan
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Number of retirees \| retiree		51		51
Pension plan settlements				$ 515
Subsequent Event
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Number of properties released under amendment \| property									12
Subsequent Event \| Pension Plan
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Escrow deposit									$ 32