Accrued Expenses (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Feb. 29, 2020

Accrued Liabilities, Current [Abstract]

Schedule of Accrued Expenses

Accrued expenses consist of the following (in thousands):

	February 29, 2020		August 31, 2019
Contract liabilities(1)	$	495,314	$	511,329
Accrued compensation and employee benefits	532,312		600,907
Other accrued expenses	1,987,503		1,877,908
Accrued expenses	$	3,015,129	$	2,990,144

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Revenue recognized during the six months ended February 29, 2020 and February 28, 2019 that was included in the contract liability balance as of September 1, 2019 and 2018 was $201.1 million and $267.0 million, respectively.