malus

Meanings

Plural: mali, maluses

Noun

apple trees; found throughout temperate zones of the northern hemisphere
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.
A plant of the genus Malus (the apples).
plural of malu

Origin / Etymology

From Latin malus, by analogy with bonus (“additional compensation”). Doublet of mal.

Synonyms

apple, clawback, genus Malus

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