From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Financematurityma‧tu‧ri‧ty /məˈtʃʊərəti $ -ˈtʃʊr-/●くろまる○しろまる○しろまるAWL noun [uncountable]1SENSIBLEthe quality of behaving in a sensible way like an adultOPP immaturityBeth shows a maturity way beyond her 16 years.One day you’ll have the maturity to understand.2ADULTthe time or state when someone or something is fully grown or developedat maturityThe tree will reach only 5 feet at maturity.reach/come to/grow to maturityThese insects reach full maturity after a few weeks.the era when the Republic came to political maturitysexual/emotional/physical maturityHe lacks the emotional maturity to appreciate poetry.3BFthe time when a financialarrangement such as a bond or an insurancepolicy becomes ready to be paidExamples from the Corpusmaturity• Graham stayed until January 1966 and sawPalace to Second Divisionmaturity and stability.• He also infused the work with a profoundvisionreflecting great maturity and emotionaldepth.• It's time for him to match his maturity with his golf and realise he's not going to win every time.• Thus juvenilemortality readily influencessize by tuning the timing of maturity.• Sharks take 10 years to reachmaturity.• The plant reaches maturity after two years.• There's a realdifference in the maturity level of a 13- and a 15-year-old.• The bond is currently priced at 98-16 per 100 nominal with a yield to maturity of 12.50 percent.• The termstructure of interest ratesdescribes the relationship between the yield to maturity and the term to maturity of debtissues.sexual/emotional/physical maturity• Some teachers and most students have limitedintellectual and emotional maturity...• The compulsion to developphysical maturity long in advance of emotional growth was irresistible.• Her emotional maturity should be such that she does not have to gratifypersonal needs at the patient's expense.• They tend to aggravate rather than improve the poorself-esteem, poor individualcopingskills and poor emotional maturity in the primarysufferer.• And studies show that intellectual and emotional growth does seem to stall after we reach physical maturity.• This is still true when he says that some of the respondentslacked the emotional maturity to respond adequately to poetry.• Believe me, intellectual age has little to do with emotional maturity.From Longman Business Dictionarymaturityma‧tu‧ri‧ty /məˈtʃʊərəti-ˈtʊr-/ noun (plural maturities)1[countable, uncountable]FINANCEINSURANCE the time when a financial arrangement such as a bond or an INSURANCE POLICY becomes ready to be paidWith an individual Treasury bond you are guaranteed to get all your money back at maturity.money-market instruments of very short maturities → see alsoyield to maturity2[uncountable]ECONOMICS when an industry or market has stopped growing as fast as before, and there are fewer competitors etcWestern economies have reached maturity for insurance cover for goods and property.