Look up: merit

1. Merit
   [law] Merits is a legal concept referring to the inherent rights and wrongs of a legal case, absent of any emotional or technical biases. The evidence is solely applied to cases decided on the merits, and any procedural matters are discounted. ...
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2. Merit
   [band] Merit is an indie rock band from Syracuse, New York. ==Band history== In 2002, Wil Mecum and Jeff Nelson (attending Syracuse University at the time) joined forces with local singer songwriter Brenna Merritt, and took a variant spelling of her last name for their new band`s name. Hal A...
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3. Merit
   [cigarette] Merit is a brand of cigarettes made by Altria. ==Lawsuit== A lawsuit has been filed by the U.S. Department of Justice against Philip Morris USA, the cigarettes` manufacturer, for concealing information about certain fire hazards of the brand. It has been alleged that the rolling ...
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4. MERIT
   acronym: Monitoring Earth's Rotation and Intercomparison of Techniques
   Found on http://cdiac.ornl.gov/pns/acronyms.html#
   
   
5. merit
   [Verb] Plural form: merits. To deserve or earn something.
   Example: His performance wasn't very good and did not merit an oscar.
   Found on http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/glossary
   
   
6. merit
   [n] - any admirable quality or attribute
   Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio
   
   
7. merit
   comparison of the job capabilities of different employees according to a pre-established system Category: Labour • a periodic assessment of performance in a job.Usually carried out by a superior with a set of defined categories Category: Labour
   Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition
   
   
8. Merit
   Mer'it noun [ French mérite , Latin meritum , from merere , mereri , to deserve, merit; probably originally, to get a share; akin to Greek ... part, ... fate, doom, ... to receive as one's portion. Confer Market , ...
   Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/M/50
   
   
9. Merit
   Mer'it transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Merited ; present participle & verbal noun Meriting .] [ French mériter , Latin meritare , v. intens. from merere
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10. Merit
    Mer'it intransitive verb To acquire desert; to gain value; to receive benefit; to profit. [ Obsolete] Beau. & Fl.
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11. Merit
    • (n.) Esp. in a good sense: The quality or state of deserving well; worth; excellence. • (n.) 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. • (n.) Reward deserved; any mark or token of...
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12. merit
    merit, merits 1. Superior quality or worth; excellence; to consider a proposal on its merits: 'She had a proposal of some merit; however, he had an ill-advised plan without merit.' 2. A quality deserving praise or approval; virtue: 'This merits closer inspection.' 3. Value that deserves respect an...
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13. Merit
    [Catholicism] Merit (Latin meritum), in general, is understood to be that property of a good work which entitles the doer to receive a reward (prœmium, merces) from him in whose service the work is done. By antonomastic usage, the word has come to designate also the good work itself, insofa...
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14. merit
    
    • any admirable quality or attribute
    • the quality of being deserving (e.g., deserving assistance)
    
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