Debt (Table)

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2022

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Long-term Debt Instruments

Long-term debt at September 30, 2022 and 2021 consisted of the following:

	2022		2021
	(In thousands)
Unsecured 0.625% Senior Notes, due March 2023	$	1,100,000	$	1,100,000
Unsecured 3.00% Senior Notes, due June 2027	500,000		500,000
Unsecured 2.625% Senior Notes, due September 2029	500,000		300,000
Unsecured 1.50% Senior Notes, due January 2031	600,000		600,000
Unsecured 5.95% Senior Notes, due October 2034	200,000		200,000
Unsecured 5.50% Senior Notes, due June 2041	400,000		400,000
Unsecured 4.15% Senior Notes, due January 2043	500,000		500,000
Unsecured 4.125% Senior Notes, due October 2044	750,000		750,000
Unsecured 4.30% Senior Notes, due October 2048	600,000		600,000
Unsecured 4.125% Senior Notes, due March 2049	450,000		450,000
Unsecured 3.375% Senior Notes, due September 2049	500,000		500,000
Unsecured 2.85% Senior Notes, due February 2052	600,000		—
Floating-rate term loan, due April 2022	—		200,000
Floating-rate Senior Notes, due March 2023	1,100,000		1,100,000
Medium term Series A notes, 1995-1, 6.67%, due December 2025	10,000		10,000
Unsecured 6.75% Debentures, due July 2028	150,000		150,000
Finance lease obligations (see Note 6)	51,850		18,739
Total long-term debt	8,011,850		7,378,739
Less:
Net original issue discount on unsecured senior notes and debentures	3,704		2,811
Debt issuance cost	46,042		45,271
Current maturities	2,201,457		2,400,452
	$	5,760,647	$	4,930,205

Schedule of Maturities of Long-term Debt

Maturities of long-term debt, excluding our finance lease obligations, at September 30, 2022 were as follows by fiscal years (in thousands):

2023	$	2,200,000
2024	—
2025	—
2026	10,000
2027	500,000
Thereafter	5,250,000
	$	7,960,000