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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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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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Debt - Narrative (Details)			12 Months Ended
Debt - Narrative (Details)	Oct. 09, 2020 USD ($)	Mar. 21, 2017 USD ($)	Feb. 28, 2021 USD ($)	Feb. 29, 2020 USD ($)	Feb. 28, 2019 USD ($)	Mar. 27, 2013 USD ($)	Jan. 21, 2011 USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Repayments of long term debt			$ 125,000,000	$ 0	$ 14,286,000
Letters of credit outstanding			24,700,000
Total debt, gross			179,000,000	203,000,000
Debt issuance costs paid			(592,000)	0	$ 0
Senior Notes \| Line of Credit
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Accordion feature		$ 75,000,000.0
Covenant, maximum leverage ratio		3.25
Covenant, minimum fixed charge coverage ratio		3.0
Letters of credit outstanding			9,600,000
Remaining borrowing capacity on line of credit			411,400,000
Senior Notes \| Unsecured Senior Notes Due January 2021
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total debt, gross			0	125,000,000			$ 125,000,000.0
Debt instrument, face amount							$ 125,000,000.0
Debt instrument, stated percentage							5.42%
Senior Notes \| 2020 Senior Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total debt, gross			150,000,000	0
Debt instrument, face amount	$ 150,000,000.0
Debt issuance costs paid			(600,000)
Senior Notes \| Two Point Seventy Seven Coupon, Seven Year Senior Unsecured Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, face amount	$ 70,000,000.0
Debt instrument, stated percentage	2.77%
Debt instrument term	7 years
Senior Notes \| Three Point Seventeen Percent Coupon, Twelve Year Senior Unsecured Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, face amount	$ 80,000,000.0
Debt instrument, stated percentage	3.17%
Debt instrument term	12 years
Bank Of America And Other Lenders [Member] \| Line of Credit
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Covenant, maximum capital lease obligations		$ 20,000,000.0
Covenant, maximum investments in foreign subsidiaries		50,000,000.0
Revolving Credit Facility \| Line of Credit
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total debt, gross			$ 29,000,000.0	$ 78,000,000
Revolving Credit Facility \| Bank Of America And Other Lenders [Member] \| Line of Credit
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity		450,000,000.0				$ 225,000,000.0
Accordion feature		$ 150,000,000.0				75,000,000.0
Debt instrument, interest rate, effective percentage			2.75%
Revolving Credit Facility \| Bank Of America And Other Lenders [Member] \| Line of Credit \| Eurodollar [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread			1.00%
Revolving Credit Facility \| Bank Of America And Other Lenders [Member] \| Line of Credit \| Eurodollar [Member] \| Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread		0.875%
Commitment fees			0.175%
Revolving Credit Facility \| Bank Of America And Other Lenders [Member] \| Line of Credit \| Eurodollar [Member] \| Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread		1.875%
Commitment fees			0.30%
Revolving Credit Facility \| Bank Of America And Other Lenders [Member] \| Line of Credit \| Base Rate [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread			0.50%
Line of Credit \| Bank Of America And Other Lenders [Member] \| Line of Credit
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity						$ 75,000,000.0
Repayments of long term debt		$ 75,000,000.0
Standby Letters of Credit \| Bank Of America And Other Lenders [Member] \| Line of Credit
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Accordion feature		$ 30,000,000.0