Which of the following statements about financial markets and securities is TRUE?

A、 A bond is a long-term security that promises to make periodic payments called dividends to the firm's residual claimants.
B、 A debt instrument is intermediate term if its maturity is less than one year.
C、 A debt instrument is intermediate term if its maturity is ten years or longer.
D、 The maturity of a debt instrument is the number of years (term. to that instrument's expiration date.