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🧑 Adult-like 🌱 To grow fully 🧀 Fully developed 💵 To become due 🤕 To ripen pus
to mature

to mature

7 6.7
To reach the date when it must be repaid
  • verb
  • /məˈtʃʊr/
  • Specialized
translation icon : vencer
  • Cash equivalents include time deposits maturing within 90 days unless renewed.

C DS last three times they've matured.

Examples

  • The large volume of loans scheduled to mature over the next few quarters suggests that delinquencies would likely surge again.

  • Greece possesses about 23 billion euros of debt maturing between today and the end of May.

    Blog text (27)

  • When exactly do the bonds mature?

    Stuart Saves His Family (1995)

  • You still have 3 months left before it matures.

    L.U.N.A. (2021)

  • We can ask them to wait for now and pay once the note matures.

    Default (2014)

  • My cd's are about to mature.

    Arbor Day (1990)

  • Rob has a trust that matures when he's 18, and as legal guardians, we would get him and eventually the money.

    The Baytown Outlaws (2012)

  • When does the investment mature and start paying interest?

  • The bond will mature in two years, giving investors a guaranteed return.

  • All loans will mature in full by the end of the fiscal year.

Compounds

mature-onset diabetes
  • Specialized
4.4

A common adult disease where blood sugar becomes too high and is often treated with diet and pills

Surface Forms

mature infinitive
matured past
matured past participle
maturing present participle
matures third person singular

Etymology

The verb mature also goes back to the idea of maturus 'ripe'—when something is ripe it is ready. So a loan or investment 'matures' when it is ready and due to be paid back.