maturity date

American  

[muh-choor-i-tee deyt, -toor-, -tyoor-, -chur-] / məˈtʃʊər ɪ ti ˌdeɪt, -ˈtʊər-, -ˈtyʊər-, -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

Example Sentences

For a lender, it can still mean years of visible contractual cash flow sitting in front of the maturity date.

From Barron's • Feb. 24, 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

In September, Oracle issued an $18 billion bond offering for its data-center build-out, including one tranche of bonds with a 40-year maturity date.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 8, 2025

Dar did not give the new maturity date or other terms of the arrangement.

From Reuters • Mar. 31, 2023

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