Asset-Backed Securitization Programs - Securitization Activity (Details) - Asset-Backed Securitization Programs - USD ($) $ in Millions		12 Months Ended
Jun. 28, 2021	Aug. 31, 2023	Aug. 31, 2022	Aug. 31, 2021
Trade Accounts Receivable Securitization and Sale Program [Line Items]
Trade accounts receivable sold		$ 4,101	$ 3,932	$ 4,222
Cash proceeds received		4,061	3,919	4,202
Proceeds due from bank		0	0	10
Pre-tax losses on sale of receivables		$ 40	$ 13	$ 10
Payment for previously transferred receivables	$ 99

Cash Flows Between Transferor and Transferee, Proceeds Due From Transferee for Transferred Financial Assets

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Value of trade accounts receivable sold during the period.

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Trade Accounts Receivable Securitization and Sale Program [Line Items]

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Cash Flows between a transferor and a transferee attributable to collections reinvested in revolving period transfers related to either a securitization, asset-backed financing arrangement, or similar transfer in which the transferor has continuing involvement with the transferred financial assets underlying the transaction (including, but not limited to, servicing, recourse, and restrictions on transferor's interests in the transferred financial assets).

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Topic 860
-SubTopic 20
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-Subparagraph (d)(2)
-Publisher FASB
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Cash Flows between a transferor and a transferee attributable to purchases of previously transferred financial assets (or its underlying collateral) related to a securitization, asset-backed financing arrangement, or similar transfer in which the transferor has continuing involvement with the transferred financial assets underlying the transaction (including, but not limited to, servicing, recourse, and restrictions on transferor's interests in the transferred financial assets).

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Topic 860
-SubTopic 20
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-Subparagraph (d)(3)
-Publisher FASB
-URI https://asc.fasb.org//1943274/2147481326/860-20-50-3

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Reflects, by transferred financial asset type, the amount of sales proceeds in excess of or deficient from the sum of the carrying amounts of transferred financial assets plus transaction costs, including those transactions in which the seller/transferor has continuing involvement with the financial assets that have been transferred.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Topic 860
-SubTopic 20
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-Subparagraph (b)(3)
-Publisher FASB
-URI https://asc.fasb.org//1943274/2147481326/860-20-50-3

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