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1. reaching the date at which a debt instrument is due and payable. A bond due to mature on January 1, 2010, will return the bondholder’s principal and final interest payment when it reaches maturity on that date. Bond yields are frequently calculated on a yield-to-maturity basis.

2. when referring to a company or economy, maturity means that it is well-established, and has little room for dynamic growth. For example, economists will say that an aging industrial economy has reached maturity. Or stock analysts will refer to a company’s market as mature, meaning that demand for the company’s products is stagnant.

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1. the due date of a loan.


Example: A mortgage loan may have a maturity of 30 years.
Periodic payments are established so that the loan principal will amortize by the maturity date.


Example: A bond may have a maturity of 20 years. Generally, interest only will be paid, with the full principal repaid at maturity.


2. the end of the period covered by a contract.


Example: A lease or insurance policy typically has a maturity date at which the contract automatically expires.

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n

Definition: adulthood, full growth
Antonyms: childhood, minority, youth

A measure of the developing of strength in concrete; combines the effects of curing temperature and time of hydration.

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The date at which legal rights in an obligation ripen; in the context of commercial paper [negotiable instruments], it is the “time when the paper becomes due and demandable, that is, the time when an action can be maintained thereon to enforce payment.” 221 F. 2d 402, 405.

1. The length of time until the principal amount of a bond must be repaid.

2. The end of the life of a security.

Investopedia Says:
In other words, the maturity is the date the borrower must pay back the money he or she borrowed through the issue of a bond.

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IN BRIEF: n. - The period of time in life after physical growth has stopped and one is fully developed.

I live in that solitude which is painful in youth, but delicious in the years of maturity. — Albert Einstein

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Quotes:

"Ah, but I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now." - Bob Dylan

"Maturity is often more absurd than youth and very frequently is most unjust to youth." - Thomas A. Edison

"Only the middle-aged have all their five senses in the keeping of their wits." - Hervey Allen

"Maturity is the ability to reap without apology and not complain when things don't go well." - Jim Rohn

"Maturity begins to grow when you can sense your concern for others outweighing your concern for yourself." - John Macnaughton

"Basically my wife was immature. I'd be at home in the bath and she would come in and sink my boats." - Woody Allen

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For a list of words related to maturity, see:

• Reproduction and Development - maturity: stage in development at which organism’s secondary sex characteristics and reproductive capacity are functioning
• Upbringing and Development - maturity: final stage of development in which child is fully grown and able to care for itself
• Banking and Financial Services - maturity: due date of mortgage, note, draft, acceptance, or bond
• Insurance - maturity: date at which policy becomes payable

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - modenhed, fuld udvikling

Nederlands (Dutch)
rijpheid, volgroeidheid, volwassenheid, vervalling, betaaldatum

Français (French)
n. - (Fin) échéance, âge adulte, (arriver) à maturité (un arbre)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Reife, Fälligkeit

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ωριμότητα, μέστωμα, ωρίμανση, (οικον.) ημερομηνία λήξεως, προθεσμία

Italiano (Italian)
maturità

Português (Portuguese)
n. - maturidade (f)

Русский (Russian)
зрелость, завершенность, срок платежа по векселю

Español (Spanish)
n. - madurez, vencimiento

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - mognad, mogen ålder, förfallodag

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
成熟, 到期, 完备

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 成熟, 到期, 完備

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 원숙기, 만료

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 成熟, 円熟, 完成, 満期

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) النضج‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮בשלות, בגרות, תחולת פרעון‬

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