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Merit

Merit Meaning & Definition
Merit Definition And Meaning

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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