n. 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.
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n. apple trees; found throughout temperate zones of the northern hemisphere
Word Usage
"(The Romanian word măr is presumably from Latin malus/malum, badly corrupted I admit but no worse than Spanish manzana or Portuguese maçã.)"