Operating leases term for the lease year.

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- Definition

Represents the percentage of increase in monthly rental payment.

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- Definition

Amount of operating lease monthly rental payment made to a related party.

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- Definition

Amount of rent expense incurred for leased assets, including but not limited to, furniture and equipment, that is not directly or indirectly associated with the manufacture, sale or creation of a product or product line.

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- Definition

Amount of operating lease expense. Excludes sublease income.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 842
-SubTopic 20
-Section 45
-Paragraph 4
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- Definition

The percentage points added to the reference rate to compute the variable rate on the lessee's operating lease.

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- Definition

This element represents the payments that the lessee is obligated to make or can be required to make in connection with a property under the terms of an agreement classified as an operating lease, excluding contingent rentals and a guarantee by the lessee of the lessor's debt and the lessee's obligation to pay (apart from the rental payments) executory costs such as insurance, maintenance, and taxes.

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- Definition

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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Related Party Transactions (Details) - USD ($)		6 Months Ended
Related Party Transactions (Details) - USD ($)	Jul. 26, 2019	Feb. 28, 2021	Feb. 29, 2020
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Operating Leases Term		10 years
Operating Leases, Rent Expense, Minimum Rentals		$ 22,600
Operating Leases of Lessee, Contingent Rentals, Basis Spread on Variable Rate		2.50%
Hunter Lease
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Initial monthly rental	$ 66,300
Percentage of annual rent increase	2.50%
Operating Lease, Expense		$ 408,000	$ 398,000
Related Party [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Operating Leases, Rent Expense		$ 145,000	$ 142,000