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Amount, after accumulated amortization, of debt issuance costs classified as current. Includes, but is not limited to, legal, accounting, underwriting, printing, and registration costs.

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Debt, Derivatives and Hedging Activities - Summary of Outstanding Debt (Details) - USD ($)	May 31, 2023	Apr. 17, 2023	May 31, 2022	May 03, 2022	May 01, 2022	Apr. 01, 2022	Jun. 01, 2021
Debt due within one year
Debt issuance costs	$ 0		$ (6,000)
Total debt due within one year	0		311,574,000
Debt due after one year
Debt issuance costs	(14,225,000)		(17,033,000)
Total debt due after one year	2,486,405,000		2,483,932,000
Senior Notes \| Senior Notes 2.78%, 2023 Maturity
Debt due within one year
Debt due within one year, gross	$ 0		50,380,000
Debt due after one year
Interest Rate	2.78%	3.73%
Senior Notes \| Senior Notes 4.30%, 2022 Maturity
Debt due after one year
Interest Rate							4.30%
Senior Notes \| Senior Notes, 2.90%, 2022 Maturity
Debt due after one year
Interest Rate						2.90%
Senior Notes \| Senior Notes, 3.25%, 2023 Maturity
Debt due after one year
Interest Rate					3.25%
Senior Notes \| Senior Notes 3.11%, 2025 Maturity
Debt due after one year
Debt due after one year, gross	$ 50,630,000		50,965,000
Interest Rate	3.11%
Senior Notes \| Senior Notes 3.11%, 2025 Maturity \| G & K Services
Debt due after one year
Interest Rate	3.88%
Face value	$ 50,000,000
Senior Notes \| Senior Notes, 3.45%, 2025 Maturity
Debt due after one year
Debt due after one year, gross	$ 400,000,000		400,000,000
Interest Rate	3.45%			3.45%
Senior Notes \| Senior Notes, 3.70%, 2027 Maturity
Debt due after one year
Debt due after one year, gross	$ 1,000,000,000		1,000,000,000
Interest Rate	3.70%
Senior Notes \| Senior Notes, 4.00%, 2032 Maturity
Debt due after one year
Debt due after one year, gross	$ 800,000,000		800,000,000
Interest Rate	4.00%			4.00%
Senior Notes \| Senior Notes, 6.15%, 2037 Maturity
Debt due after one year
Debt due after one year, gross	$ 250,000,000		250,000,000
Interest Rate	6.15%
Commercial paper
Debt due within one year
Debt due within one year	$ 0		261,200,000
Commercial paper \| Senior Notes 1.20%, 2023 Maturity
Debt due within one year
Debt due within one year	$ 0		$ 261,200,000
Debt due after one year
Variable borrowing rate	1.20%