Income Taxes (Components of Deferred Tax Assets And Liabilities) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions |
Aug. 31, 2025 |
Sep. 01, 2024 |
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| Deferred Tax Assets | ||
| Equity compensation | $ 100 | $ 96 |
| Deferred Income/membership fees | 369 | 313 |
| Foreign tax credit carry forward | 390 | 315 |
| Operating lease liabilities | 699 | 678 |
| Accrued liabilities and reserves | 917 | 873 |
| Total deferred tax assets | 2,475 | 2,275 |
| Valuation allowance | (554) | (494) |
| Total net deferred tax assets | 1,921 | 1,781 |
| Deferred Tax Liabilities | ||
| Property and equipment | (944) | (948) |
| Merchandise inventories | (305) | (296) |
| Operating lease right-of-use assets | (670) | (652) |
| Foreign branch deferreds | (103) | (105) |
| Other | (31) | (1) |
| Total deferred tax liabilities | 2,053 | 2,002 |
| Net deferred tax liabilities | $ 132 | $ 221 |
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- Definition DeferredTaxLiabilitiesRightOfUseAssets No definition available.
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- Definition Amount of deferred tax liability attributable to taxable temporary differences. Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
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- Definition Amount before allocation of valuation allowances of deferred tax asset attributable to deductible temporary differences from deferred income. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
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- Definition Amount before allocation of valuation allowances of deferred tax asset attributable to deductible temporary differences and carryforwards. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
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- Definition Amount after allocation of valuation allowances of deferred tax asset attributable to deductible temporary differences and carryforwards. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
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- Definition Amount before allocation of valuation allowances of deferred tax asset attributable to deductible foreign tax credit carryforwards. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
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- Definition Amount before allocation of valuation allowances of deferred tax asset attributable to deductible temporary differences from compensation and benefits costs. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
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- Definition Amount before allocation of valuation allowances of deferred tax asset attributable to deductible temporary differences from accrued liabilities. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
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- Definition Amount, after deferred tax asset, of deferred tax liability attributable to taxable differences without jurisdictional netting. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
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- Definition Amount of deferred tax consequences attributable to taxable temporary differences derived from inventory. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
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- Definition Amount of deferred tax liability attributable to taxable temporary differences classified as other. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
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- Definition Amount of deferred tax liability attributable to taxable temporary differences from property, plant, and equipment. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
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- Definition Amount of deferred tax liability attributable to taxable temporary differences from undistributed earnings of subsidiary and other recognized entity not within country of domicile. Includes, but is not limited to, other basis differences. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
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- Definition Amount of valuation allowance pertaining to the deferred tax asset representing potential future taxable deductions from tax credit carryforwards for which it is more likely than not that a tax benefit will not be realized. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
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