Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• AVERAGE MATURITY
  
  For a bond fund, the average number of years until all negotiable instruments held by the fund become due and payable. Average maturity does not take into consideration the fact that some bond issuers may call bonds held by the fund before their maturity date.
  
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