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Number of major customers accounting for a significant percentage of sales volume.

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Transfers Of Servicing And Financial Assets Gross Sales Of Trade Receivables

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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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For an entity that discloses a concentration risk in relation to quantitative amount, which serves as the "benchmark" (or denominator) in the equation, this concept represents the concentration percentage derived from the division.

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Receivables (Narrative) (Details) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
Receivables (Narrative) (Details) $ in Millions	Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($) customer	Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($)
Receivables and Concentration of Credit Risk [Line Items]
Allowance for uncollectible receivables	$ 26.9	$ 23.5	$ 21.3	$ 15.8
Aggregate gross amount factored, trade receivable	1,283.8	1,158.2	1,087.3
Factoring costs	$ 11.4	$ 7.6	$ 6.2
Major Customer Three [Member] \| Sales Revenue Net And/Or Trade Accounts Receivable [Member]
Receivables and Concentration of Credit Risk [Line Items]
Number of major customers accounting for a significant percentage of sales volume \| customer	3
Major Customer Three [Member] \| Sales Revenue Net And/Or Trade Accounts Receivable [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Receivables and Concentration of Credit Risk [Line Items]
Concentration risk	10.00%
Major Customer Three [Member] \| Net Sales [Member]
Receivables and Concentration of Credit Risk [Line Items]
Concentration risk	38.00%	38.00%	37.00%
Major Customer Three [Member] \| Trade Receivable [Member]
Receivables and Concentration of Credit Risk [Line Items]
Concentration risk	35.00%	36.00%