Life

1. Loans - bonds - other securities.

A measure of the time for which the principal amount is outstanding.

Usually taking account of any interim part-payments of the principal, before the final maturity.

For example, the weighted average life.

2. Insurance.

Relating to life assurance.

3. Products - equipment - services.

A period during which a product or service offering is economically viable, or an item of equipment is economically useful.

For example, the product life cycle.

4. Health - healthcare - science research and application.

The life sciences sector relates to human health and wellbeing.

See also

• Average effective maturity
• Average life
• Average maturity
• Average nominal maturity
• Duration
• Held-to-maturity
• Insurance
• Life assurance
• Life coaching
• Life cycle
• Life fund
• Life sciences
• Long life assets
• Longer term
• Maturity structure
• Maturity transformation
• Member
• Mismatch
• Principal
• Product life cycle
• Short life asset
• Short term
• Tenor
• Undated
• Useful economic life
• Weighted Average Final Maturity
• Weighted Average Life
• Weighted average maturity