English-French translations for maturity

• maturité
  Cette Assemblée devrait faire preuve d’une maturité semblable. This House should show a similar maturity.
  L'Europe doit faire preuve d'une plus grande maturité politique. Europe needs to show greater political maturity.
  Le Parlement européen, aujourd’hui, a atteint sa maturité. Today, the European Parliament has reached maturity.
• échéance
  Cependant, les titres détenus par les banques jusqu'à leur échéance sont répertoriés dans les portefeuilles bancaires. However the titles held by the banks until final maturity are listed in the banking book.
  Les programmes arrivent à échéance avec le temps, ce qui est le cas aujourd'hui d'importants programmes qui ont commencé en 2007. The programmes are gaining maturity with time, so we now have maturity of major programmes that started in 2007.
  Divers actifs y ont été parqués jusqu'à leur échéance, qui auraient été déplacés s'ils n'avaient pas perdu de la valeur. Various assets got parked there, under the heading of Hold to Maturity, which would have been moved if they had not lost value.

Definition of maturity

• The state of being mature, ready or ripe
• When bodily growth has completed and/or reproduction can begin
• The state of a debt obligation at the end of the term of maturation thereof, once all interest and any applicable fees have accrued to the principal

Synonyms

• due date

Examples

• Some foods and drinks, like wine, only reach their full taste at maturity, which literally comes at a price
• The entire tank of guppies was in their maturity and ready to mate
• Some insect species reach sexual maturity well before their own bodily maturity
• The note was cashed at maturity

Related words

• immaturity
• prematurity
• maturity date
• sexual maturity
• religious maturity
• date of maturity