mature
v.v. to reach a final state of growth or development. You use this when a person becomes an adult, a fruit becomes ripe, or a financial plan reaches its full value.
v. to reach a state of full development or completion. In financial contexts, it refers to a bond or insurance policy reaching the date when its full value becomes payable.
The investment will mature in five years.
As the young director began to mature, her films shifted from simple comedies to complex social dramas.
The government bonds are set to mature next quarter, providing the necessary liquidity for the infrastructure project without requiring further borrowing from international lenders.
From late Middle English mature, from Middle French mature, from Latin mātūrus. Doublet of maduro. Partially displaced ripe, from Old English rīpe (“ripe, mature”).
From Middle English maturen, from Middle French maturer (“to mature”), from Latin mātūrō.
The verb is intransitive when describing growth or financial completion; it can be transitive when describing the process of bringing something to full development.