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Contingent Consideration, Fair Value Disclosure

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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Reclassification to Equity Awards

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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Value of Shares Settled and Released

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Percentage of voting equity interests acquired at the acquisition date in the business combination.

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Amount of increase (decrease) in the value of a contingent consideration liability, including, but not limited to, differences arising upon settlement.

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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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Interest rate used to find the present value of an amount to be paid or received in the future as an input to measure fair value. For example, but not limited to, weighted average cost of capital (WACC), cost of capital, cost of equity and cost of debt.

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Fair Value Measurements, Derivatives and Other - Additional Disclosures (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Apr. 26, 2013	Jun. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2014	Jan. 30, 2012
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Change in contingent consideration, increase (decrease)			$ 0	$ 0	$ (4,792)
Grupo Finmart
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Acquisition interest						60.00%
Level 3 \| Convertible Senior Notes \| Income Approach Valuation Technique \| Minimum
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Fair value assumptions, discount rate			9.00%
Level 3 \| Convertible Senior Notes \| Income Approach Valuation Technique \| Maximum
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Fair value assumptions, discount rate			22.00%
Level 3 \| Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest \| Income Approach Valuation Technique \| Minimum
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Fair value assumptions, discount rate			5.00%
Level 3 \| Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest \| Income Approach Valuation Technique \| Maximum
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Fair value assumptions, discount rate			10.00%
Level 3 \| Total Temporary Equity \| Income Approach Valuation Technique
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Fair value assumptions, discount rate			7.00%
Recurring
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Contingent consideration				2,601
Recurring \| Level 3
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Change in contingent consideration, increase (decrease)		$ (1,100)
Contingent consideration		$ 1,500		$ 2,601
Grupo Finmart \| Fondo ACH, S.A. de C.V.
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Acquisition interest	100.00%
Period for determination	4 years
Phantom stock
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Value of shares settled and released			$ 100
Reclassification to equity awards			$ 3,800