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Cintas Corp. – ‘10-Q’ for 11/30/20 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Friday, 1/8/21, at 1:10pm ET   ·   For:  11/30/20   ·   Accession #:  723254-21-2   ·   File #:  0-11399

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size

 1/08/21  Cintas Corp.                      10-Q       11/30/20   67:10M

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML    836K 
 7: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     24K 
 8: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     24K 
 9: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     20K 
10: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     20K 
12: R1          Cover Page                                          HTML     73K 
13: R2          Consolidated Condensed Statements of Income         HTML    109K 
14: R3          Consolidated Condensed Statements of Income         HTML     23K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
15: R4          Consolidated Condensed Statements of Comprehensive  HTML     45K 
                Income                                                           
16: R5          Consolidated Condensed Statements of Comprehensive  HTML     27K 
                Income (Parenthetical)                                           
17: R6          Consolidated Condensed Balance Sheets               HTML    119K 
18: R7          Consolidated Condensed Balance Sheets               HTML     32K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
19: R8          Consolidated Condensed Statements of Shareholders'  HTML     98K 
                Equity                                                           
20: R9          Consolidated Condensed Statements of Cash Flows     HTML    100K 
21: R10         Basis of Presentation                               HTML     32K 
22: R11         Revenue Recognition                                 HTML     56K 
23: R12         Leases                                              HTML     39K 
24: R13         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML     62K 
25: R14         Investments                                         HTML     21K 
26: R15         Earnings Per Share                                  HTML     61K 
27: R16         Goodwill, Service Contracts and Other Assets        HTML     77K 
28: R17         Debt, Derivatives and Hedging Activities            HTML     58K 
29: R18         Income Taxes                                        HTML     25K 
30: R19         Pension Plans                                       HTML     41K 
31: R20         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)       HTML     84K 
32: R21         Segment Information                                 HTML     70K 
33: R22         Basis of Presentation (Policies)                    HTML     30K 
34: R23         Basis of Presentation (Tables)                      HTML     28K 
35: R24         Revenue Recognition (Tables)                        HTML     47K 
36: R25         Leases (Tables)                                     HTML     38K 
37: R26         Fair Value Measurements (Tables)                    HTML     58K 
38: R27         Earnings Per Share (Tables)                         HTML     57K 
39: R28         Goodwill, Service Contracts and Other Assets        HTML     82K 
                (Tables)                                                         
40: R29         Debt, Derivatives and Hedging Activities (Tables)   HTML     51K 
41: R30         Pension Plans (Tables)                              HTML     35K 
42: R31         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)       HTML     86K 
                (Tables)                                                         
43: R32         Segment Information (Tables)                        HTML     65K 
44: R33         Basis of Presentation - Schedule of Inventory       HTML     31K 
                (Details)                                                        
45: R34         Revenue Recognition - Total Revenue Disaggregated   HTML     44K 
                by Operating Segment (Details)                                   
46: R35         Revenue Recognition - Narrative (Details)           HTML     37K 
47: R36         Leases - Operating Lease Cost and Additional Lease  HTML     33K 
                Information (Details)                                            
48: R37         Leases - Contractual Future Minimum Lease Payments  HTML     37K 
                (Details)                                                        
49: R38         Fair Value Measurements - Schedule of Instruments   HTML     53K 
                on a Recurring Basis (Details)                                   
50: R39         Investments (Details)                               HTML     31K 
51: R40         Earnings Per Share - Computation of EPS (Details)   HTML     52K 
52: R41         Earnings Per Share - Narrative (Details)            HTML     65K 
53: R42         Goodwill, Service Contracts and Other Assets -      HTML     35K 
                Goodwill (Details)                                               
54: R43         Goodwill, Service Contracts and Other Assets -      HTML     37K 
                Service Contracts (Details)                                      
55: R44         Goodwill, Service Contracts and Other Assets -      HTML     44K 
                Information Regarding Service Contracts and Other                
                Assets (Details)                                                 
56: R45         Goodwill, Service Contracts and Other Assets -      HTML     36K 
                Estimated Future Amortization Expense (Details)                  
57: R46         Debt, Derivatives and Hedging Activities - Summary  HTML     61K 
                of Debt Outstanding (Details)                                    
58: R47         Debt, Derivatives and Hedging Activities -          HTML     66K 
                Narrative (Details)                                              
59: R48         Income Taxes (Details)                              HTML     23K 
60: R49         Pension Plans (Details)                             HTML     32K 
61: R50         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) -     HTML     60K 
                Schedule of Changes in Accumulated Other                         
                Comprehensive Income (Loss) (Details)                            
62: R51         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) -     HTML     38K 
                Schedule of Reclassifications Out of Accumulated                 
                Other Comprehensive Loss (Details)                               
63: R52         Segment Information (Details)                       HTML     48K 
65: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    117K 
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64: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX     75K 
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