Hypertext Webster Gateway: "maturity"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Maturity \Ma*tu"ri*ty\, n. [L. maturitas: cf. F. maturit['e].]
1. The state or quality of being mature; ripeness; full
development; as, the maturity of corn or of grass;
maturity of judgment; the maturity of a plan.
2. Arrival of the time fixed for payment; a becoming due;
termination of the period a note, etc., has to run.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
maturity
n 1: the period of time in your life after your physical growth
has stopped and you are fully developed [syn: {adulthood}]
2: state of being mature; full development [syn: {matureness}]
[ant: {immaturity}]
3: the date on which a financial obligation must be repaid
[syn: {maturity date}, {due date}]
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