Malus, genus Malus
(noun) apple trees; found throughout temperate zones of the northern hemisphere
Source: WordNet® 3.1
malus (plural maluses)
(business) 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.
(rare) A penalty or negative thing.
• May occur in financial services in connection with defaulted loans.
• Sometimes used in reference to games as a negative counterpart to "bonus".
• clawback
• disgorgement
malus
plural of malu
• alums, lumas, mauls, musal
Source: Wiktionary
25 June 2025
(noun) a state of being confined (usually for a short time); “his detention was politically motivated”; “the prisoner is on hold”; “he is in the custody of police”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
