malus
Meanings
noun
- The loss or return of performance-related compensation originally paid by an employer to an employee as a result of the discovery of a defect in the performance.
- A penalty or negative thing.
noun
- A plant of the genus Malus (the apples).
noun
- plural of malu
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Etymology
From Latin malus, by analogy with bonus (“additional compensation”). Doublet of mal.
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