malus
The loss or return of performance-related compensation originally paid by an employer…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.
Meaning
3 sensesThe 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.
When bank fired the loan originator, they recovered the last two years of her bonuses under the malus clause in her contract.
(rare)A penalty or negative thing.
A plant of the genus Malus (the apples).
- apple trees; found throughout temperate zones of the Northern Hemisphere
Origin
From Latin malus, by analogy with bonus (“additional compensation”). Doublet of mal. FromFrom Latin malus, by analogy with bonus (“additional compensation”). Doublet of mal.
From Latin mālus and translingual Malus.
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Forms
plural: maluses / maliSynonyms
3 synonyms- apple trees; found throughout temperate zones of the Northern Hemisphere:genus Malus
Word family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular