average life

average life definition - finance
The average number of years before the principal of a debt or mortgage remains outstanding. Businesses calculate average life; individuals typically do not. Also called weighted-average life.

Webster's New World Finance and Investment Dictionary Copyright © 2003 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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