maturity date

American  

[muh-choor-i-tee dayt, -toor-, -tyoor-, -chur-] / məˈtʃʊər ɪ ti ˌdeɪt, -ˈtʊər-, -ˈtjʊər-, -ˈtʃɜr- /

noun

Finance

1. the date on which a financial instrument, as a bond or loan, expires and becomes due.

   The applicant requested an extension of his loan for an additional term of three years from its maturity date.

   Bonds pay interest to investors from the date of issue up until their maturity date.

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Etymology

Origin of maturity date

First recorded in 1970–75

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Example Sentences

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maturity date

The key is matching the CD’s maturity date to when you’ll actually need the cash.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026

Private credit loans make regular coupon payments and they have a maturity date, Jacobs van Merlen notes.

From Barron's ● Mar. 19, 2026

The bond’s maturity date is on Feb. 2, 2034.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 22, 2026

Companies such as Savers Value Village, Elanco Animal Health and Hovnanian Enterprises are taking liquidity while it is available, rather than waiting closer to the maturity date on their loans.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 22, 2026

The Major and the Greenriver are perhaps somewhat different from others of the northern varieties in that their maturity date usually falls with the earlier southern varieties.

From Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Forty-Second Annual Meeting Urbana, Illinois, August 28, 29 and 30, 1951 by Northern Nut Growers Association

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