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Manus vs Malus - What's the difference?

manus | malus |

As a noun manus

is (formal) a hand, as the part of the fore limb below the forearm in a man, or the corresponding part in other vertebrates.

As a proper noun malus is

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manus

English

Noun

(manus)
  • (formal) A hand, as the part of the fore limb below the forearm in a man, or the corresponding part in other vertebrates.
  • (obsolete, Roman law) The power over other people, especially that of a man over his wife.

    • Derived terms

    * amanuensis * Bimana * bimanous * command * immane * longimanous * mainpast * mainport * maintain * manacle * manciple * maniable * manichord * manicure * manifest * maniform * manilla * maniple * manitrunk * manner * manoeuvre * manual * manuduct * manufact * manufaction * manufacture * manmotive * manumotor * manuprisor * manuscribe * manuscript * manuscription * manutergium * manu-tract * massage * masturbate * mortmain * pedimane * Quadrumana

    malus

    English

    Noun

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

    Usage notes

    * Might occur in financial services in connection with defaulted loans.

    Synonyms

    * clawback

    Coordinate terms

    * (l)

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