malus

Meaning

  1. 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.
  2. (rare) A penalty or negative thing.

malu

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈmeɪ.ləs/
Etymology

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

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