malus.
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 & usage
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.
When bank fired the loan originator, they recovered the last two years of her bonuses under the malus clause in her contract.
A penalty or negative thing.
Where this word comes from
From Latin malus, by analogy with bonus (“additional compensation”). Doublet of mal.
A plant of the genus Malus (the apples).
Where this word comes from
From Latin mālus and translingual Malus.
plural of malu
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.