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Merit

Merit Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Merit?
[n] the quality of being deserving (e.g., deserving assistance); "there were many children whose deservingness he recognized and rewarded"
[n] any admirable quality or attribute; "work of great merit" [v] be worthy of or have a certain rating; "This bond rates highly" Synonyms | Synonyms for Merit: deserve | deservingness | meritoriousness | rate | virtue Related Terms | Find terms related to Merit: accent | advantage | advantageousness | agreeableness | arete | assets | auspiciousness | award | be deserving | be entitled to | be worthy of | beneficialness | benevolence | benignity | caliber | class | cogency | comeuppance | concern | concernment | consequence | consequentiality | consideration | desert | deserts | deserve | deserving | due | due reward | dues | earn | emphasis | entitle | excellence | excellency | expedience | fairness | favorableness | fineness | first-rateness | good | goodliness | goodness | grace | healthiness | helpfulness | high order | high rank | import | importance | interest | just deserts | justify | kindness | mark | materiality | merits | moment | niceness | note | paramountcy | perfection | pleasantness | precedence | preeminence | primacy | priority | profitableness | quality | rate | recompense | repay | requite | reward | rewardingness | rights | self-importance | significance | skillfulness | soundness | stature | stress | strong point | superiority | supremacy | usefulness | validity | value | virtue | virtuousness | warrant | weight | wholeness | winnings | worth | worthiness See Also | be | worth | worthiness Merit In Webster's Dictionary \Mer"it\, n. [F. m['e]rite, L. meritum, fr. merere,
mereri, to deserve, merit; prob. originally, to get a share;
akin to Gr. ? part, ? fate, doom, ? to receive as one's
portion. Cf. {Market}, {Merchant}, {Mercer}, {Mercy}.]
1. The quality or state of deserving well or ill; desert.
Here may men see how sin hath his merit. --Chaucer.
Be it known, that we, the greatest, are misthought
For things that others do; and when we fall, We
answer other's merits in our name. --Shak.
2. Esp. in a good sense: The quality or state of deserving
well; worth; excellence.
Reputation is . . . oft got without merit, and lost
without deserving. --Shak.
To him the wit of Greece and Rome was known, And
every author's merit, but his own. --Pope.
3. Reward deserved; any mark or token of excellence or
approbation; as, his teacher gave him ten merits.
Those laurel groves, the merits of thy youth.
--Prior.
\Mer"it\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Merited}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Meriting}.] [F. m['e]riter, L. meritare, v. intens. fr. merere. See {Merit}, n.] 1. To earn by service or performance; to have a right to claim as reward; to deserve; sometimes, to deserve in a bad sense; as, to merit punishment. ``This kindness merits thanks.'' --Shak. 2. To reward. [R. & Obs.] --Chapman. \Mer"it\, v. i. To acquire desert; to gain value; to receive benefit; to profit. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl. |
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