CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EQUITY PARENTHETICAL - $ / shares	12 Months Ended
May 31, 2020	May 31, 2019	May 31, 2018
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Dividends declared per common share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.96	$ 0.81	$ 0.76

Aggregate dividends paid during the period for each share of common stock outstanding.

Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 505
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.3-04)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=27012166&loc=d3e187085-122770

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