maturityma‧tu‧ri‧ty /məˈtʃʊərəti $ -ˈtʃʊr-/ ●○○ AWL noun [uncountable] 
Beth shows a maturity way beyond her 16 years. One day you’ll have the maturity to understand.2the time or state when someone or something is fully grown or developedat maturity The tree will reach only 5 feet at maturity.reach/come to/grow to maturity These insects reach full maturity after a few weeks. the era when the Republic came to political maturitysexual/emotional/physical maturity He lacks the emotional maturity to appreciate poetry.3the time when a financial arrangement such as a bond or an insurance policy becomes ready to be paid
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Sharks take 10 years to reach maturity.
- The plant reaches maturity after two years.
- There's a real difference in the maturity level of a 13- and a 15-year-old.
- Graham stayed until January 1966 and saw Palace to Second Division maturity and stability.
- He also infused the work with a profound vision reflecting great maturity and emotional depth.
- It's time for him to match his maturity with his golf and realise he's not going to win every time.
- The bond is currently priced at 98-16 per 100 nominal with a yield to maturity of 12.50 percent.
- The term structure of interest rates describes the relationship between the yield to maturity and the term to maturity of debt issues.
- Thus juvenile mortality readily influences size by tuning the timing of maturity.
Longman Language Activatorthe time when someone is an adult
the part of someone's life when they are an adult: · He has spent most of his adult life in the States.
the time when someone is an adult - use this especially to talk about people reaching this time: · Children with the disease have little chance of surviving to adulthood.reach adulthood: · Nowadays young people want to leave home as soon as they reach adulthood.
if a person, animal, or plant reaches maturity , they have grown or developed completely: reach maturity: · The plant reaches maturity after two years.· Sharks take 10 years to reach maturity.
WORD SETSabove the line, adjectiveabsorption rate, acceptance sampling, accountant, nounaccount balance, accounting, nounaccounting rate of return, accrued cost, accrued income, accumulation unit, acid ratio, actual price, A/D, adjustable peg, nounADR, nounadvancer, nounAER, aftermarket, nounAGI, aging schedule, agio, nounAICPA, allottee, nounallowable, adjectivealternative investment, amortizable, adjectiveannual earnings, annual income, annual value, annuity, nounappraiser, nounappropriate, verbappropriation, nounappropriation account, arb, nounas at, prepositionas of, prepositionasset, nounasset backing, asset shuffling, nounasset stripping, nounasset-stripping, verbasset turnover, asset value per share, Association for Payment Clearing Services, nounassured value, at best, adverbat call, adverbaudit, verbauditor, nounauditor's report, auto-financing, adjectiveaverage stock, backdate, verbbackup withholding, nounbackwardation, nounbad debt recovery, bail-out, nounbalanced fund, balance sheet, nounBaltic Exchange, nounbankroll, nounbase rate, nounbasis point, bed-and-breakfasting, nounbellwether, nounbelow the line, adjectivebeneficial owner, best efforts, adjectivebeta coefficient, nounbid and asked, adjectivebill rate, Black Friday, nounBlack Thursday, nounBlack Tuesday, nounBlack Wednesday, nounblank transfer, bond, nounbond fund, bond premium, bookbuilding, nounbook debt, book entry, book-keeper, nounbook-keeping, nounbottom fisher, nounbought deal, bourse, nounbreakeven, nounbreak-up value, buildings and contents insurance, buoy, verbbuoyancy, nounbuoyant, adjectivebusiness angel, nounbusiness entity, business manager, buyback, nounbuy-in, nounbuying power, buying price, buy limit order, buy order, buyout, nouncabinet bid, callable, adjectivecallable fixture, nouncap and collar, nouncapital appreciation, capital asset pricing model, capital charge, capital dilution, nouncapital equipment, capital flow, nouncapital gain, capital invested, nouncapitalization of reserves, nouncapitalize, verbcapitalized, adjectivecapital movement, nouncapital outlay, capital rationing, nouncapital stock, capital sum, capital surplus, capital transfer, capital value, CAR, carried down, adjectivecarried forward, adjectivecarried over, adjectivecarryback, nouncarryforward, nouncarrying charge, carry-over, nouncash account, cash at bank, nouncash basis, nouncashbook, nouncash column, cash equivalent, cash flow, nouncashless, adjectivecash management, cash price, CBOT, c/d, certificate of deposit, nouncertificate of occupancy, nouncertified public accountant, nounCFO, chain of title, nounChapter 7, nounChartered Financial Consultant, nounchartist, nounchattels real, nounChicago Board Options Exchange, nounChicago Mercantile Exchange, nounChinese wall, nounchurning, nounCISCO, nounclawback, nounclean opinion, nounclearer, nounclearing agent, nounclosed-end, adjectiveclosely held, adjectiveCMA, CME, COGS, collection ratio, Comex, nouncomfort letter, commercial agent, common ownership, company doctor, company limited by guarantee, nouncompany limited by shares, nouncomparables, nouncomparable-store sales, compensate, verbcompensating error, completion date, compound, verbcompound annual rate of return, nouncompound interest, nouncomptroller, nounComptroller and Auditor General, nounComptroller General, nounComptroller of the Currency, nouncompulsory purchase order, concert party, nounconsistency concept, nounconsolidated accounts, consolidator, nounConsols, nouncontango, nouncontinuous inventory, contra account, contra-asset account, contract note, controller, nouncontrol period, conversion premium, cooling-off period, nounco-operative society, corporate investment, cost, verbcost of goods sold, nouncounting-house, nouncoupon sheet, nounCPA, nounCPI, cramdown, nouncredit, nouncredit, verbcredit card payment, credit facility, creditor turnover rate, nouncredit quality, credit repair, credit standing, credit status, creeping control, CREST, nouncurrency pair, nouncurrency peg, nounDaily Official List, nounday book, nounday order, dead cat bounce, death futures, debt capital, debt ratio, decliner, noundeed of conveyance, noundeferred credits, noundeferred income, deferred share, degearing, noundeleverage, noundelinquent tax certificate, delivery date, demand note, dematerialize, verbdemonetize, verbdemutualize, verbdenominated, adjectivedeposit certificate, depository institution, deposit protection fund, noundepreciable life, depreciation account, deprival value, derivative lease, direct exchange, direct investment, direct labour, directors register, discount brokerage, discount loan, discretionary account, discretionary order, discretionary spending, diversifieds, noundivestment, nounDJIA, dollar-cost averaging, noundollars-and-cents, adjectivedomestic investment, double declining balance, double-witching, noundown payment, noundowntick, nounDPS, drawdown, noundrawing account, dual capacity, noundual listing, due, adjectivedue diligence, earn, verbEasdaq, nouneconomic, adjectiveeffective rate, emissions unit, encash, verbequity, nounequity investment, ERM, nounerror of commission, nounerror of omission, nounerror of posting, nounerror of principle, nounethical investment, Euribor, nounEuro.NM, nounEuropean interbank offered rate, exceptionals, nounexchange arbitrage, exchange of contracts, nounex gratia, adjectiveexpense ratio, expiration date, face amount, factor cost, factoring, nounfailure, nounfair value, fand, nounFederal funds, fee absolute, nounfigure, nounfinal accounts, final distribution, finance charge, Financial Accounting Standards Board, nounfinancial investment, financials, nounfinancial services, financial supermarket, financial year, nounfinancier, nounfirst in, first out, nounfirst-quarter, adjectivefixed assets, nounfixed costs, nounfixed-income investment, fixed investment, fixtures and fittings, nounfloater, nounflood insurance, flowback, nounflow of funds, nounfocus list, foreign investment, freehold possession, free movement, nounfriends, nounfront-running, nounfull-year, adjectivefully-subscribed, adjectivefunder, nounfungible, adjectivefutures, nounfuture value, FY, G & A, gainer, noungilts, nounGinnie Mae, nounGLOBEX, nounGNMA, noungolden share, golds, noungood-faith money, government investment, greenshoe, noungross, adjectivegross income, gross investment, group accounts, grubstake, nounguaranty, nounhealth warning, nounhigh end, nounhigh flyer, nounhigh-yield, adjectiveHip, nounholding, nounholding company, nounholdout, nounhomeowner's insurance, home repair, household insurance, idle balance, imprest, nouninactive account, incentive fee, income and expenditure account, income share, incubator space, index-linked, adjectiveindirect exchange, industrials, nouninherit, verbinheritance, nouninjection, nounIN.SECTS, nouninstitutional investment, interest cover, International Monetary Fund, nounInternational Securities Exchange, nouninvest, verbinvestment, nouninvestment income, investor, nouninvestor resistance, issuance, nounissue flop, nounissuer, nounkerb market, key money, large-cap, nounlast in, first out, nounlast sale, leaseback, nounleasehold possession, ledger, nounledger clerk, legal investment, lending rate, nounletter of comfort, nounleverage, verblifecycle cost, LIFO, like-for-like, adjectiveliquidity, nounliquid ratio test, loading, nounloan-to-value ratio, London Clearing House, nounM & A, management charge, mandatory general offer, margin account, market order, material fact, nounmature, adjectivematurity, nounmid-cap, nounMMC, mortgage protection insurance, multiple (share) application, municipals, nounNational Market System, nounNational Savings Stock Register, nounNBV, net, adjectivenet, verbnet 10/eom, adverbnet 30, adverbnet annual value, net asset backing, net asset value, net book value, net income, net interest, net investment, net present value, net realizable value, nominal accounts, nominal price, nominal value, non-payment, nounnon-recurring, adjectivenote issuance facility, NPV, NTA, number-cruncher, nounOEIC, offer for sale, nounoff-market, adjectiveon demand, adverbopen interest, nounopen-market, adjectiveopen outcry, nounoperating income, option, nounoption premium, option pricing model, options contract, order-driven, adjectiveorigination, nounoutflow, nounoutturn, nounoutward investment, overallotment, nounoverborrow, verboverbought, adjectiveovercapitalized, adjectiveovergeared, adjectiveoverissue, nounoverlend, verboverseas investment, overtrade, verbowner-operator, nounP&L, packager, nounpaperchase, nounpar value, pass-through, nounpawn, verbpayables, nounpay and file, nounpaying agent, payout ratio, PDR, pension fund, nounpension plan, nounPE ratio, performance guarantee, permission to build, nounpersonal investment, petrodollars, nounPink Sheets, nounplanning application, plat book, pledgee, nounplot plan, pooling of interests, nounpork bellies, nounportfolio, nounpoundage, nounppd., prelease, verbpremium bond, nounpresale, nounprice-sensitive, adjectiveprimary share, prime-1, nounprime tenant, principal, nounprivate company, private income, nounprivate investment, privately-owned, adjectiveprivate placing, proceeds, nounprofit-taking, nounpro-forma, adjectivepro-forma invoice, prompt date, prompt note, property, nounproperty investment, pro rata, adjectiveprorate, verbpublic investment, publicly-held, adjectivepurchase journal, nounpurchases account, purse, nounp.w., quote-driven, adjectiveramping, nounrandom walk, nounratable, adjectiverateable value, rate of return, nounrating agency, real, adjectivereal accounts, real estate investment, realization concept, nounrebound, verbreceiver, nounreceivership, nounrecoup, verbrecuperate, verbred ink, nounredlining, nounrefunding, nounRegional Stock Exchange, nounregistered stock, REIT, nounremarket, verbREMIC, nounremit, verbremittance, nounrent, verbrental, nounrent-free, adjectiverepatriate, verbrepurchase agreement, research manager, reserve requirement, reserves, nounresidual value, resource, verbresults, nounretainer, nounretirement plan, nounreturn, verbreturn, nounrevenue, nounreverse share split, risk analysis, nounrisk profile, ROA, root of title, royalty payment, ruin, verbsale and repurchase agreement, sales account, sales budget, sales charge, sales returns account, salvage value, nounsame-store sales, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, nounsaving, nounSavings and Loan Association, nounSEATS, nounsecondary shares, second-tier share, securities house, security rating, self-dealing, nounself-liquidating, adjectiveSETS, nounsettlement date, settling day, nounshare application, share exchange offer, share manipulation, share split, shark repellent, nounshelf registration, Ship, nounshort-covering, nounshort-term gain, sinking fund, nounsiphon, verbsliding peg, nounsmall-cap, nounSOX, nounspeculate, verbspeculation, nounspeculative, adjectivespeculative investment, squeeze, verbstk., stockbrokerage, nounstock count, nounstockholding, nounstock parking, nounstock valuation, stop order, straight line, adjectivestructural analysis, sublet, verbsubsidize, verbsubsidy, nounsubvention, nounsum of the digits, nounsundries account, super voting rights, sustainability index, swaption, nounsystematic risk, technical analysis, technical analyst, technical correction, technicals, nountenant at sufferance, nountenant at will, nountenant for years, nountenant in common, nounterm, nountippee, nountipper, nountip sheets, nountotal, verbtrading loss, trading profit, transfer, verbtransfer agent, transfer register, trigger point, triple-A, adjectivetriple-witching, nountrue and fair view, nountrust, nountrust company, trustee, nountrusteeship, nountrust fund, nounturnover ratio, undercapitalized, adjectiveundercharge, verbunderfunded, adjectiveunder-investment, noununderreport, verbundervalued, verbunderwriting power, unearned income, ungeared, adjectiveunitize, verbunit of account, noununsystematic risk, upfront fee, uptick, nounvault cash, vendor placing, Wall Street, war chest, nounweak, adjectiveworking capital, nounwrite-off, nounwritten-down value, yield spread, yield to call, nounyield to maturity, nounYTD, YTM, zaitech, nounZ-score, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY These insects reach full maturity after a few weeks. the era when the Republic came to political maturity He lacks the emotional maturity to appreciate poetry.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
These insects reach full maturity after a few weeks. the era when the Republic came to political maturity He lacks the emotional maturity to appreciate poetry. (=be fully grown or developed)· It takes ten years for these fish to reach maturity.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE· The shorter the average maturity of their deposits, the greater will have to be the liquidity of their assets.· The average portfolio maturity of tax-free funds shortened to 51 days from 53 days, according to the newsletter.· Since 1975 the Treasury has been working to lengthen the average maturity of the debt, and with good reason.· The average portfolio maturity of tax-free funds shortened by four days to 47 days.
· But early maturity led to her killing herself.
· Her emotional maturity should be such that she does not have to gratify personal needs at the patient's expense.· Some teachers and most students have limited intellectual and emotional maturity....· Believe me, intellectual age has little to do with emotional maturity.· They tend to aggravate rather than improve the poor self-esteem, poor individual coping skills and poor emotional maturity in the primary sufferer.· This is still true when he says that some of the respondents lacked the emotional maturity to respond adequately to poetry.
· They have now reached their full maturity and are a blaze of colour for most of the year.· Date palms are one of the few fruit trees that can be safely transplanted at full maturity.· It applies only to those reaching pensionable age since April 1978 and will not reach full maturity until 1998.· It can be indicative of full maturity of the follower, now left to run his own activities without supervision.
· The older generation have greater maturity and insights which they can usefully contribute, even though the situation is not of their making.· We need great focus, maturity.· I put it down to greater maturity and not worrying.· He also infused the work with a profound vision reflecting great maturity and emotional depth.
· Why is it that they bestow their ardour upon the well-adjusted, wholesome architects of pop's fatal new maturity?· Challenges can catapult a child into new maturity.· A new honesty, a new understanding, a new maturity of love was created in the family.· The new maturity analysis of liquid assets requires separate disclosure for debt securities and loans and advances to credit institutions.· Gone, maybe, are the famed histrionics but in their place is an assuredness which hints at a new maturity.
· And studies show that intellectual and emotional growth does seem to stall after we reach physical maturity.· The compulsion to develop physical maturity long in advance of emotional growth was irresistible.
· So the political maturity of the Federal Republic and its institutions will be tested as never before.· Oswald and admired his political maturity.· His marriage was a declaration of independence: of personal and political maturity.· And it was hardly one which appealed to Emperor Bao Dai, nomatterwhat one may have thought of his political maturity.
NOUN· Zeros offer near certain sums of return at a certain maturity date.· The prices of forward exchange and futures contract are virtually identical once contracts have same maturity dates. 8.· Investors can build a portfolio of zeros with staggered maturity dates to suit their requirements.· The bond market at any time t consists of a number of outstanding bonds with differing maturity dates.· The first thing to note is the maturity date of the policy: March 10, 2019.· The term structure of interest rates is the relationship between the rates of return on bonds with different maturity dates.· But they have to act within six months of the original Tessa's maturity date.· In fact, maturity dates are currently much earlier than 25 years.
· Even if you have been paying premiums for many years, you will rarely get a proportion of its maturity value.· What is the maturity value of the deposit? 2.· The purchase price will be and the maturity value will be M 100.· Then comes a very important figure: £18,000, which is the required maturity value to pay off the mortgage.· Could also be said to be its maturity value.· The minimum maturity value after five years will be 100% of your premium plus bonus allocations.· The estimated maturity value given for your policy may have been based on double-digit growth rates.· This year's maturity value would be £79,893.
VERB· She has achieved a maturity and composure that had seemed beyond her scope.
· He brings a maturity, a soundness of judgment and a balance of priorities that would be reassuring in a leader.
· Is the person growing in maturity or not?· Mary would have twelve children, nine of whom grew to maturity.· We say that an organism grows towards maturity or in order to reach maturity.· Other mammals and birds recuperate or grow to maturity in outdoor enclosures.· Leaders must make the effort to consult and correct and encourage so that what may begin in childishness can grow to maturity.· Nor can it grow into maturity.
· Another disadvantage of yield to maturity is that investors do not typically hold bonds to maturity.· Simply buy and hold good bonds until maturity.· Does this make the Treasury bill unsaleable, and therefore have to be held to maturity by the current holder?· However, a loss is still sustained, even if the bill is held to maturity and not sold.
· In addition a bonus, which is guaranteed at the time the account is opened, will be paid on maturity.· But the redemption yield will be worth something only if there is enough money in the kitty to pay out on maturity.
· They have now reached their full maturity and are a blaze of colour for most of the year.· And studies show that intellectual and emotional growth does seem to stall after we reach physical maturity.· But by far the majority perish, before they are even hatched - or at least before they reach maturity and breed themselves.· It should reach maturity in four to six years and keep for a dozen.· But Tessa holders can continue to contribute until their accounts reach maturity.· A third became seedlings, a tenth saplings-but just fifteen reached maturity.· The male, as it reaches maturity develops stag-like antlers on and around the front of the head.· As we understand it, he will live what you must admit is an ... unnatural life? until he reaches maturity.
· The 16-year-old Dominic Williamson showed tremendous maturity for at.· But what this was about was showing maturity.· By simply refusing to follow the pack you have shown considerable maturity.· An independent company, that is, with its two main engines of growth showing definite signs of maturity.· After Assen he said that West showed a lot of maturity on a wet, slippery surface.· Gascoigne, himself, shows signs of maturity on the pitch, if not off it.
WORD FAMILYnounmaturity ≠ immaturityadjectivemature ≠ immatureverbmatureadverbmaturely ≠ immaturely
1the quality of behaving in a sensible way like an adult OPP immaturity: Beth shows a maturity way beyond her 16 years. One day you’ll have the maturity to understand.2the time or state when someone or something is fully grown or developedat maturity The tree will reach only 5 feet at maturity.reach/come to/grow to maturity These insects reach full maturity after a few weeks. the era when the Republic came to political maturitysexual/emotional/physical maturity He lacks the emotional maturity to appreciate poetry.3the time when a financial arrangement such as a bond or an insurance policy becomes ready to be paid