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No, the kindly law professor explains, the other kind of malus - "bad."— Crimlaw
UBS is holding bonuses in escrow to be taken back as a malus (the opposite of bonus) if the bank loses money.— pfblogs.org: The Ad-Free Personal Finance Blogs Aggregator
I was pretty sure malus means "bad", but it's been 25 years since I studied Latin so I looked it up: malus (1) - a - um: comp. peior - us; superl. pessimus - a - um [bad, evil (physically or morally); unfavorable, unsuccessful, ugly].— Crimlaw
Under the system, dubbed "bonus-malus," car buyers can take money off the purchase price depending on how much CO2 the vehicle emits.— msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines
Sure the Harper clowns can be trusted to pull off a sincere celebration ... la globulle Monsieur from bonus malus, Canada writes: mr Mulroney has brought about more positive and lasting change to canada and canadians than the ensuing governements all put together.— The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed

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