Malus

Quick meaning: Malus is a noun meaning A plant of the genus Malus (the apples).

Meaning

A plant of the genus Malus (the apples).

More Meanings

1. plural of malu
2. (business) 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.
3. (rare) A penalty or negative thing.

Example Sentences

The existence of boni and mali for the different risks can be interpreted through the sign of estimated covariances.

When bank fired the loan originator, they recovered the last two years of her bonuses under the malus clause in her contract.

If the boni and mali do not depend on the frequency of claims, the average bonus-malus coefficient increases with the frequency.

Akramkhanov et al. (2010) also suggested a system of boni and mali on taxes to support the implementation of measures to achieve both water saving and salinity control (Table 3.3.1).

Word Forms

• maluses
• mali

Synonyms for malus

Depending on context, synonyms include clawback, apple.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include malcompensation, forfeiture, misreturn, malpractice, malum, malfunctioning.

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