malus

Meaning

Noun

• The 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.
• A plant of the genus Malus (the apples).
• Plural of malu

Related

Similar words

• clawback
• apple

Origin

• From Latin malus, by analogy with bonus. mal.
• From Latin mālus and Translingual Malus.