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Derivative, Notional amount of terminated contracts

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Fair value, before effects of master netting arrangements, of a financial asset or other contract with one or more underlyings, notional amount or payment provision or both, and the contract can be net settled by means outside the contract or delivery of an asset. Includes assets elected not to be offset. Excludes assets not subject to a master netting arrangement.

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Fair value, before effects of master netting arrangements, of a financial liability or contract with one or more underlyings, notional amount or payment provision or both, and the contract can be net settled by means outside the contract or delivery of an asset. Includes liabilities elected not to be offset. Excludes liabilities not subject to a master netting arrangement.

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Nominal or face amount used to calculate payment on derivative.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Derivative Financial Instruments and Hedging (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2024	Sep. 30, 2023	Sep. 30, 2022
Derivatives, Fair Value
Asset Derivatives:	$ 5.3	$ 25.6
Liability Derivatives:	14.8	16.1
Commodity and energy contracts \| Prepaid expenses and other current assets
Derivatives, Fair Value
Asset Derivatives:	4.2	3.7
Commodity and energy contracts \| Other current liabilities
Derivatives, Fair Value
Liability Derivatives:	6.5	16.1
Commodity and energy contracts \| Not Designated as Hedging Instrument
Derivatives, Fair Value
Derivative, Notional Amount	111.8	263.9
Foreign exchange contracts \| Prepaid expenses and other current assets
Derivatives, Fair Value
Asset Derivatives:	0.1	0.0
Foreign exchange contracts \| Other current liabilities
Derivatives, Fair Value
Liability Derivatives:	0.9	0.0
Foreign exchange contracts \| Not Designated as Hedging Instrument
Derivatives, Fair Value
Derivative, Notional Amount	40.5	3.0
Interest rate swap \| Prepaid expenses and other current assets
Derivatives, Fair Value
Asset Derivatives:	1.0	10.6
Interest rate swap \| Other Assets
Derivatives, Fair Value
Asset Derivatives:	0.0	11.3
Interest rate swap \| Other current liabilities
Derivatives, Fair Value
Liability Derivatives:	0.4	0.0
Interest rate swap \| Other liabilities
Derivatives, Fair Value
Liability Derivatives:	7.0	0.0
Interest rate swap \| Not Designated as Hedging Instrument
Derivatives, Fair Value
Derivative, Notional Amount	300.0	700.0
Derivative, Notional amount of terminated contracts	400.0	200.0
Derivative, Cash Received for Termination	$ 5.2	6.7
Interest rate swap, rate lock swaps \| Not Designated as Hedging Instrument
Derivatives, Fair Value
Derivative, Notional amount of terminated contracts		849.3	$ 700.0
Interest rate swap, options \| Not Designated as Hedging Instrument
Derivatives, Fair Value
Derivative, Notional amount of terminated contracts		$ 332.6