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

Term of lessee's operating lease, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 842
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-Subparagraph (a)(3)
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=128292326&loc=SL77918673-209980

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- Definition

Amount of cash outflow from operating lease, excluding payments to bring another asset to condition and location necessary for its intended use.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 842
-SubTopic 20
-Section 45
-Paragraph 5
-Subparagraph (c)
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=123391704&loc=SL77918643-209977

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 842
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 4
-Subparagraph (g)(1)
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=128292326&loc=SL77918686-209980

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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 ($)			12 Months Ended
Related Party Transactions (Details) - USD ($)	Jul. 26, 2019	Nov. 21, 2017	Aug. 31, 2022	Aug. 31, 2021
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Rent expense paid			$ 1,134,000	$ 1,106,000
Chicago Lease
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Lease term			10 years
Initial monthly rental		$ 22,600
Percentage of annual rent increase		2.50%
Hunter Lease
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Lease term			10 years
Initial monthly rental	$ 66,300
Percentage of annual rent increase	2.50%