Fair value measurements (Details) - Money market funds - Fair value, measurements, recurring - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Jun. 30, 2018	Sep. 30, 2017
Assets:
Money market funds (cash equivalents)	$ 50,362	$ 40,072
Level 1
Assets:
Money market funds (cash equivalents)	50,362	40,072
Level 2
Assets:
Money market funds (cash equivalents)	0	0
Level 3
Assets:
Money market funds (cash equivalents)	$ 0	$ 0

Fair value portion of currency on hand as well as demand deposits with banks or financial institutions. Includes other kinds of accounts that have the general characteristics of demand deposits. Also includes short-term, highly liquid investments that are both readily convertible to known amounts of cash and so near their maturity that they present insignificant risk of changes in value because of changes in interest rates.

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