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Definition of Merit system
1. Noun. The system of employing and promoting civil servants on the basis of ability.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Merit System
Literary usage of Merit system
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Social Welfare Forum: Official Proceedings [of The] Annual Meeting by Conference of Charities and Correction (U.S.), National Conference on Social Welfare, American Social Science Association, National Conference of Social Work (U.S.) (1896)
"In reporting upon the merit system in public institutions it behooves us first
... The merit system, then, is the system by which appointments are made to ..."
2. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1917)
"Nation 104: 302 Mr 15 47 merit system. ... World's Work 31:14 My '17 Postmen
merit system. Outlook 115:638-9 Ap 11 '17 112:94-6 Л '17 Posts, Concrete Our ..."
3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"The chief aim of the merit system is, on the one hand, to get the best service
for the ... During 10 years before the adoption of the merit system in the ..."
4. Proceedings of the National Conference of Charities and Correction, at the by National Conference of Charities and Correction (U.S.). Session (1896)
"In reporting upon the merit system in public institutions it behooves us first
... The merit system, then, is the system by which appointments are made to ..."
5. American Police Administration: A Handbook on Police Organization and by Elmer Diedrich Graper (1921)
"... CHAPTER III APPOINTMENT, PROMOTION AND REMOVAL The merit system of Appointment.
THE demand of private employers for profits is strong enough to secure ..."
6. The Civil Service and the Patronage by Carl Russell Fish (1904)
"In this summary it is estimated that two million dollars a year is saved in the
collection of the customs by the merit system, and that the saving through ..."
7. Civil Service in Great Britain: A History of Abuses and Reforms and Their by Dorman Bridgman Eaton (1880)
"THE RESULTS OF THE merit system BASED ON OPEN COMPETITION IN BRITISH INDIA.
Official opinions between 1853 and 1875.—Law of I800 requiring examinations ..."
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