Escrow Deposit for Acquiree's Employees Retention Obligations

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Escrow deposit for indemnification obligation of acquiree.

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Escrow deposit for payable to former owner of acquiree.

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Escrow deposit, purchase price.

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Escrow deposits related to performance obligations in noncash investing and financing activities.

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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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The designation of funds furnished by a borrower to a lender to assure future payments of the borrower's real estate taxes and insurance obligations with respect to a mortgaged property. Escrow deposits may be made for a variety of other purposes such as earnest money and contingent payments. This element excludes replacement reserves which are an escrow separately provided for within the US GAAP taxonomy.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 942
-SubTopic 210
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.9-03.10)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6876686&loc=d3e534808-122878

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Acquisitions - Escrow (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Sep. 30, 2018	Apr. 20, 2018	Apr. 06, 2018	Oct. 05, 2017	Aug. 22, 2017	Jul. 05, 2017	Nov. 30, 2015
Tec-Sem Group AG
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Escrow deposit			$ 2.6
Escrow deposit for acquiree's employees retention obligations			1.8
Escrow balance related to performance obligations			$ 0.8
4titude Limited
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Escrow deposit	$ 0.2			$ 0.4
Escrow deposit for acquiree's employees retention obligations	0.2			$ 0.4
BioSpeciMan Corporation
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Escrow deposit		$ 0.5
PBMMI and Novare
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Escrow deposit						$ 3.3
Escrow deposit for indemnification obligation	$ 2.7					2.9
Escrow deposit for payable to former owner						$ 0.4
RURO, Inc.
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Escrow deposit					$ 0.5
BioStorage Technologies, Inc.
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Escrow deposit							$ 5.4
Escrow deposit related to the purchase price							2.9
Escrow deposit for acquiree's employees retention obligations							2.5
BioStorage Technologies, Inc. \| Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Escrow deposit for acquiree's employees retention obligations							$ 2.5