Description of Business and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Fair Value of Financial Instruments) (Details) - iQor Holdings, Inc. - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
Aug. 31, 2018	Aug. 31, 2017
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Senior non-convertible cumulative preferred stock	$ 47.3	$ 49.8
Senior Non-Convertible Cumulative Preferred Stock
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Preferred stock	$ 50.0
Accretion of dividends, rate	8.00%

The amount of non-cash consideration in the form of preferred stock agreed upon for the sale of a business.

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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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Value of all nonredeemable preferred stock (or preferred stock redeemable solely at the option of the issuer) held by shareholders, which is net of related treasury stock. May be all or a portion of the number of preferred shares authorized. These shares represent the ownership interest of the preferred shareholders.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02(28))
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