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Notes Payable and Long-Term Debt (Schedule of Notes Payable and Long-term Debt) (Details) - USD ($)	Apr. 28, 2021	Apr. 14, 2021	May 31, 2021	Apr. 27, 2021	Aug. 31, 2020
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt			$ 2,926,767,000		$ 2,728,482,000
Less current installments of notes payable and long-term debt			50,168,000		50,194,000
Notes payable and long-term debt, less current installments			$ 2,876,599,000		2,678,288,000
Senior Notes \| 4.700% Senior Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Senior notes, stated interest rate (as a percent)			4.70%
Long-term debt			$ 499,150,000		498,659,000
Senior Notes \| 4.900% Senior Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Senior notes, stated interest rate (as a percent)			4.90%
Long-term debt			$ 299,482,000		299,300,000
Senior Notes \| 3.950% Senior Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Senior notes, stated interest rate (as a percent)			3.95%
Long-term debt			$ 495,902,000		495,440,000
Senior Notes \| 3.600% Senior Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Senior notes, stated interest rate (as a percent)			3.60%
Long-term debt			$ 495,146,000		494,756,000
Senior Notes \| 3.000% Senior Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Senior notes, stated interest rate (as a percent)			3.00%
Long-term debt			$ 590,944,000		590,162,000
Senior Notes \| 1.700% Senior Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Senior notes, stated interest rate (as a percent)		1.70%	1.70%
Long-term debt			$ 495,560,000		0
Debt issuance		$ 500,000,000.0
Senior Notes \| Repayment Of The Term Loan Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Repayments of term loan facility		$ 300,000,000.0
Line of Credit \| Revolving Credit Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt			0		0
Debt term	3 years
Maximum borrowing capacity	$ 1,200,000,000			$ 700,000,000.0
Unused borrowing capacity			3,800,000,000
Line of Credit \| Revolving Credit Facility \| Credit Facility Expires On January 2024
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt term	3 years
Line of Credit \| Revolving Credit Facility \| Credit Facility Expires On January 2026
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt term	5 years
Maximum borrowing capacity	$ 2,000,000,000.0
Line of Credit \| Term Loan Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt			50,583,000		$ 350,165,000
Line of Credit \| Commercial Paper
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity			$ 1,800,000,000