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merit English

Meaning merit meaning

What does merit mean?
Definitions in simple English

merit Noun

— A merit is something that deserves good or bad recognition. He received a reward of 50 dollars for his merit.

merit

— verb (= deserve) be worthy or deserving You deserve a promotion after all the hard work you have done — noun any admirable quality or attribute work of great merit — noun (= deservingness) the quality of being deserving (e.g., deserving assistance) there were many children whose deservingness he recognized and rewarded

Synonyms merit synonyms

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merit English » English

virtue deserve worth value goodness worthiness advantage good warrant meritoriousness excellence earn be worthy quality profit credit rate good point efficiency desert benefit achievement worthy of valuation strong point strength service public affairs price moral meritorious deed luck justification importance honor great contributions good quality good deeds gains gain forte favor earnings dignity deservingness cost contribution charm be worthy of be worth

Topics merit topics

What do people use merit to talk about?
Social behavior Law Justice

Deserve

Conjugation merit conjugation

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merit · verb

Examples merit examples

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Simple sentences

I don't know that there's any great merit in that.
Naivete is his only merit.
Does she have any merit?
There's a balance between touting the equal merit of everything and being closed-mindedly opinionated, that I'm still trying to find.

Movie subtitles

Brother, I don't merit the hand that you offer me.
My one merit.
And no merit but one.
I suppose it's solid merit you're after.
The second prize, the Certificate of Merit goes to me.
The less they deserve, the more merit is in your bounty.
You wouldn't expect me to pick a man of merit, would you?
Their own law has the merit of costing a lot, an awful lot.
Well, your advice has certain merit.
My creations have some merit, I suspect. but in bringing back to life the lovely Marie Antoinette. I feel I've done my best work.
Her name was Merit. She was a tavern maid. And she could neither read, nor write.
Go back, Merit, Go back.
Merit.
You're young, Merit. Your whole life is before you.
But it has merit.
You and you alone deserve the merit.
There's not much merit in it.
If an idea has merit, it has merit.
But we've done nothing to merit having our name dragged through a newspaper scandal.
If you have the spirit and merit of your father, you'll prove worthy of promotion. - and a command.
I don't mean it's her only merit.
But his main merit is having a wife like you.
These things have some merit, I suspect, but this..
Twelve merit badges.
I'm going to have to take your merit badge away from you if you don't lay off.
She's got a lot of merit.
You will win great merit.
Win merit in the hereafter. My stomach is empty.
Not that I was led by any affection for thee. but because I acquire merit by helping thee to wisdom.
It is manifest that I shall acquire additional merit by. writing thee letters and coming to see thee from time to time.
For the merit that I have acquired, the River of the Arrow is here.
It lacks any musical merit whatsoever.
This has much more musical merit.
What has He done to merit this?
And what merit is there in telling the truth?

News and current affairs

Indeed, this disconnect may explain why polls do not give President Bush the credit for economic management that his strong record would seem to merit.
While the decision by some in favor of dynastic succession may be lacking in democracy, it is not entirely devoid of merit.
There is merit in both positions - but much more in the Spanish and Italian argument.
If current practices are maintained, the choice for this key post will be made on the basis of nationality, not merit.
While both proposals have merit, whether they will be enough to stabilize our dangerously unstable financial systems is at best dubious.
WARSAW - One merit of the Berlin Wall was that it made obvious where Europe ended.
And it would have the additional merit of enlightening the German public about the true purpose of the rescue operation.
But competition is as important as financing in determining a university's quality, because competition increases the merit of the product.
While such words merit caution, economy fundamentals bear them out.
Two questions, in particular, merit attention.
For example, Sarkozy has promised that half of the savings from the reduction in public employment will go to higher pay - possibly based on merit, another red line for the trade unions.
But the process points to a continuation of the tradition whereby most ministers are appointed on the basis of their loyalty to the Gandhi family rather than their merit and accomplishments.
But I don't see what alternative political-economic arrangements could make individuals' relative wealth closely correspond to their relative moral or other merit.
Iran's current supreme ruler, Seyyed Ali Khamenei, whose religious degree was a focus of suspicion in the seminary and among the clerical elite, was not considered a jurist by merit.
But the outside world should demonstrate that every clear move toward greater political openness will merit more international political and economic engagement.
In an uncertain age, whoever defines us first, whether a politician, an artist, or an intellectual, will merit a prominent place in our history.
As elected legislators in ASEAN's established and budding democracies, the members of AIPMC feel that our voices have merit and legitimacy.
Legislators in one chamber would be selected on the basis of merit and competency, and in the others on the basis of elections of some kind.
There is undoubtedly merit in shrinking the size of government and making it less intrusive.
Only determined action by their governments, supported by their citizens, will show that they merit unreserved support from the rest of the eurozone.
Self-serving as it may seem, this viewpoint is not without some merit.
Of course, determining which challenges merit the most attention will not be easy.
From all accounts, he feels an even greater sense of responsibility to prove that he gained his position on the basis of merit, not privilege.
While some of the criticism might have merit, what gives politicians the moral authority to criticize?

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