Maturity is the state of being fully developed or adult.
Humans experience a delayed maturity; we arrive at all stages of life later thanother mammals.
Synonyms: adulthood, majority, completion, puberty More Synonyms of maturity
2. uncountable noun
Someone's maturity is their quality of being fully developed in their personality and emotional behaviour.
Her speech showed great maturity and humanity.
Lacking self-confidence and maturity, many teenagers are left feeling very vulnerable.
3. variable noun
When an investment such as a savings policy or pension plan reaches maturity, it reaches the stage when you stop paying money and the company pays you back the money you have saved, and the interest your money has earned.
[business]
Customers are told what their policies will be worth on maturity.
Treasury bonds have maturities that extend out as far as 25 years or more.
More Synonyms of maturity
maturity in British English
(məˈtjʊərɪtɪ, -ˈtʃʊə-)
noun
1.
the state or quality of being mature; full development
2. finance
a.
the date upon which a bill of exchange, bond, note, etc, becomes due for repayment
b.
the state of a bill, note, etc, when due
maturity in American English
(məˈtʊrəti; məˈtʃʊrəti; məˈtjʊrəti)
noun
1.
the state or quality of being mature
; specif.,
a.
a being full-grown, ripe, or fully developed
b.
a being perfect, complete, or ready
2.
a.
a becoming due
b.
the time at which a note, etc. becomes due
Word origin
ME maturite < L maturitas
maturity in Finance
(mətyʊərɪti)
noun
(Finance: Investment)
Maturity is the time when an investment or insurance will be paid back.
Changes in interest rates have greater impact on funds with longer average maturity.
The retail investor is simply not interested in trading; he prefers to hold investmentstill maturity and earn income.
Maturity is the time when an investment or insurance will be paid back.
maturity in Insurance
(mətʃʊərɪti)
noun
(Insurance: Life insurance)
Maturity is the moment when a financial arrangement such as a bond or an insurance policy becomes ready to be paid.
An endowment policy is designed to provide a lump sum on maturity.
The proceeds are the net amount of money payable by the company at the death of aninsured or at the maturity of a policy.
Maturity is the moment when a financial arrangement such as a bond or an insurance policybecomes ready to be paid.
maturity value
Examples of 'maturity' in a sentence
maturity
The maturity he showed was brilliant and he's done that throughout the year.
The Sun (2016)
You can sell the EnQuest bond before maturity but you will make a significant capital loss.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
It is all part, he says, of his growing maturity.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
They controlled the game and played with great maturity.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The guys are showing maturity away from home.
The Sun (2014)
But a shrub garden needs less room and will reach maturity in far less time.
Page, Russell The Education of a Gardener (1994)
Such control comes with experience and maturity.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
That emotional maturity has allowed his players to be themselves.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
He simultaneously makes all things new while growing us toward maturity.
Christianity Today (2000)
We can use a similar idea to check that bonds of different maturity are consistently priced.
Charles A. D'Ambrosio & Stewart D. Hodges & Richard Brealey & Stewart Myers Principles of Corporate Finance (1991)
The players are playing with great confidence and maturity.
The Sun (2007)
He needs to settle down and show maturity.
The Sun (2014)
He has given us great maturity and experience.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
He put together a very good campaign and he drove some great races with maturity and speed.
The Sun (2012)
Are you prepared to wait while a gawky young subject grows to maturity and the stature your composition requires?
Page, Russell The Education of a Gardener (1994)
You are guaranteed a return of your initial capital only if you hold on to the bond until maturity.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
And three, extending maturity of funding.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
You have an empty space waiting for his quality, his maturity and his leadership.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Paying off some of its debt early and extending the maturity of the remaining 1.9 billion helps to make this possible.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
We have far more maturity and understanding now of the Champions League.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The current talks are aimed at extending the maturity of the loans beyond October 2013 but are likely to lead to higher interest payments.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
In other languages
maturity
British English: maturity NOUN
Maturity is the state of being fully developed or adult.
Humans maturity occurs later than other mammals.
American English: maturity
Brazilian Portuguese: maturidade
Chinese: 发育成熟
European Spanish: madurez
French: maturité
German: Reife
Italian: maturità
Japanese: 成熟
Korean: 성숙함
European Portuguese: maturidade
Latin American Spanish: madurez
Chinese translation of 'maturity'
maturity
(məˈtjuərɪtɪ)
n(u)
(= adulthood, wisdom) 成熟 (chéngshú)
1 (noun)
Humans experience a delayed maturity compared with other mammals.
Synonyms
adulthood
Few people maintain friendships into adulthood.
majority
Once you reach your majority, you can do what you please.
completion
puberty
coming of age
fullness
full bloom
full growth
pubescence
manhood or womanhood
Opposites
imperfection
,
immaturity
,
youthfulness
,
incompletion
,
juvenility
2 (noun)
Many teenagers lack self confidence and maturity.
Synonyms
sense of responsibility
experience
sense
wisdom
sophistication
level-headedness
matureness
Opposites
irresponsibility
,
immaturity
,
excitability
,
childishness
,
puerility
3 (noun)
the dried seeds of peas that have been picked at maturity
Synonyms
ripeness
perfection
maturation
Additional synonyms
in the sense of majority
Definition
the age at which a person legally becomes an adult
Once you reach your majority, you can do what you please.