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Synonyms for malus

Most common

apple clawback

All synonyms

Noun

Definitions

  1. n. 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.

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

Related words

Word family
mal

Forms

Plural
maluses → apples, clawbacks…

Example sentences

  • apple I delight in going to the apple orchard each fall.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
malussteady
applerising
clawbackrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

5 letters
apple2
8 letters
clawback

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (apple2 = 2 syllables).