Asset-Backed Securitization Program - Securitization Activity (Details) - Asset-Backed Securitization Program - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
Feb. 29, 2024	Feb. 28, 2023	Feb. 29, 2024	Feb. 28, 2023
Trade Accounts Receivable Securitization and Sale Program [Line Items]
Trade accounts receivable sold	$ 968	$ 998	$ 1,957	$ 2,064
Cash proceeds received	955	989	1,934	2,047
Pre-tax losses on sale of receivables	$ 13	$ 9	$ 23	$ 17

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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- Definition

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
-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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