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noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business
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noun
A penalty or negative thing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare
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noun
A plant of the genus Malus (the apples).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
plural of malu
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, plural
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noun
apple trees; found throughout temperate zones of the northern hemisphere
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: genus Malus
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: rosid dicot genus
History
From Latin malus, by analogy with bonus (“additional compensation”). Doublet of mal.
From Latin mālus and translingual Malus.
