Fair Value Measurements - Fair Value Measurement of Contingent Consideration Liability (Detail) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)
Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract]
Additions	$ 9,064
Interest accretion	109
Foreign currency translation	135
Contingent consideration	$ 9,308

Fair value measurement with unobservable inputs reconciliation recurring basis liability foreign currency translation.

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Fair value measurement with unobservable inputs reconciliation recurring basis liability interest accretion.

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Amount of liability recognized arising from contingent consideration in a business combination.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 805
-SubTopic 30
-Section 35
-Paragraph 1
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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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Amount of issuances of financial instrument classified as a liability measured using unobservable inputs that reflect the entity's own assumption about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 820
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (c)(2)
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