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Definition of Merit

1. Verb. Be worthy or deserving. "You deserve a promotion after all the hard work you have done"

2. Noun. Any admirable quality or attribute. "Work of great merit"

3. Noun. The quality of being deserving (e.g., deserving assistance). "There were many children whose deservingness he recognized and rewarded"

Definition of Merit

1. n. The quality or state of deserving well or ill; desert.

2. v. t. 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.

3. v. i. To acquire desert; to gain value; to receive benefit; to profit.

Definition of Merit

1. Noun. Something deserving good recognition. ¹

2. Noun. Something worthy of a high rating. ¹

3. Noun. A claim to commendation or reward. ¹

4. Noun. The quality of deserving reward. ¹

5. Verb. (transitive) To earn or to deserve. ¹

6. Verb. (intransitive) To be worthy or deserving. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Merit

1. to earn [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: earn

Lexicographical Neighbors of Merit

merism merismatic merisms merismus merispore meristem meristematic meristematically meristemic meristemoid

meristemoids meristems meristic meristically meristics merit (current term) merit badge merit pay merit system meritable

merited meritedly merithallus meriting meriting(p) meritless meritlessly meritlessness meritmonger meritmongers

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