Definition of "malus" [malus]

• The 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. (noun)

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• "(The Romanian word măr is presumably from Latin malus/malum, badly corrupted I admit but no worse than Spanish manzana or Portuguese maçã.)"
• "A "malus" element will ensure that traders who lose money are penalized -- meaning they won't get all of the withheld part of their bonus if they lose money in subsequent years."
• "No, the kindly law professor explains, the other kind of malus - "bad.""