Meaning of merit | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A claim to commendation or a reward
2. A claim to commendation or a reward.
   countable
3. To earn; deserve. See Synonyms at earn.
4. A mark or token of approbation or to recognize excellence
5. A mark or token of approbation or to recognize excellence.
   countable
6. To be worthy or deserving: Pupils are rewarded or corrected, as they merit.
7. Something deserving or worthy of positive recognition or reward
8. Something deserving or worthy of positive recognition or reward.
   countable, uncountable
9. To acquire as a result of one's behavior or effort:deserve, earn, gain, get, win.
10. The sum of all the good deeds that a person does which determines the quality of the person's next state of existence and contributes to the person's growth towards enlightenment
11. The sum of all the good deeds that a person does which determines the quality of the person's next state of existence and contributes to the person's growth towards enlightenment.
    Jainism, uncountable
12. to deserve as reward or punishment. Your case merits careful consideration. verdien, noop يَسْتَحِق заслужавам merecer zasloužit (si) verdienen fortjene αξίζωmerecer, ser digno de pälvima استحقاق داشتن ansaita mériter לִהיוֹת רָאוּי योग्य होना, योग्यता रखना, लायक़ होना zavrijediti (ki)érdemel layak eiga skilið meritare ～に値する (상벌 등을) 받을 만하다 būti vertam izpelnīties wajar verdienenfortjene, gjøre seg fortjent til zasługiwać na صحيح او درست merecer a me­rita заслуживать zaslúžiť zaslužiti zasluži...
13. Usually in the plural form the merits: the substantive rightness or wrongness of a legal argument, a lawsuit, etc., as opposed to technical matters such as the admissibility of evidence or points of legal procedure; the overall good or bad quality, or rightness or wrongness, of some other thing
14. Usually in the plural form the merits: the substantive rightness or wrongness of a legal argument, a lawsuit, etc., as opposed to technical matters such as the admissibility of evidence or points of legal procedure; (by extension) the overall good or bad quality, or rightness or wrongness, of some other thing.
    uncountable
15. deserving reward or praise. a meritorious performance. verdienstelik جَدير بالتَّقْدير заслужаващ награда meritório záslužný verdienstlich fortjenstfuld αξιόλογος, αξιέπαινοςmeritorio teenekas, kiiduväärt شایسته ترین ansiokas méritant, méritoire רָאוּי לְצִיוּן सराहनीय zaslužan érdemes layak dipuji virðingarverður meritorio, meritevole 称賛に値する 칭찬할 만한 pagyrimo vertas, pagirtinas []slavējams patut dipuji verdienstelijkfortjenstfull, hederlig chwalebny ډير ښه او عالى meritório. meritoriu достойны...
16. The quality or state of deserving retribution, whether reward or punishment.
    countable, obsolete
17. Superior quality or worth; excellence: a proposal of some merit; an ill-advised plan without merit.
18. Demonstrated ability or achievement: promotions based on merit alone.
19. often merits An aspect of character or behavior deserving approval or disapproval: judging people according to their merits.
20. In various religions, spiritual credit granted for good works.
21. meritsa. Law The factors to be considered in making a substantive decision in a case, independent of procedural or technical aspects: a trial on the merits.
    Law

Equivalents

Examples

“[R]eputation is an idle and moſt falſe impoſition , oft got without merit and loſt without deſeruing.”

“For her good performance in the examination, her teacher gave her ten merits.”

“Thoſe laurel groves (the merits of thy youth), / Which thou from Mahomet didſt greatly gain, / While, bold aſſertor of reſiſtleſs truth, / Thy ſword did godlike liberty maintain, / Muſt from thy brow their falling honours ſhed, / And their tranſplanted wreaths muſt deck a worthier head.”

“His reward for his merit was a check for $50.”

“Such was Roſcommon—not more learn’d than good; / With Manners gen’rous as his Noble Blood; / To him the Wit of Greece and Rome was known, / And ev’ry Author’s Merit but his own.”

“In all our noble Anglo-Saxon language, there is scarcely a nobler word than worth; yet this term has now almost exclusively a pecuniary meaning. So that if you ask what a man is worth, nobody ever thinks of telling you what he is, but what he has. The answer will never refer to his merits, his virtues, but always to his possessions. He is worth—so much money.”

“to acquire or make merit”

“It is no small tax upon the people to support their [Buddhist] priests, but they do it with a willing heart. When I was once at the old capital, I saw a woman, from her own stock, feed more than fifty priests, who came to her in his turn, and received his portion. [...] If I had asked her why she thus spent so much of her living, her answer would have been, 'To make merit.'”

“At funerals, acts of sharing religious merit are central and relatives of the deceased make merit in order to ensure that the departed family member will have a favourable rebirth.”

“Even though the plaintiff was ordered by the judge to pay some costs for not having followed the correct procedure, she won the case on the merits.”

“The Plaintiff muſt ſhew Cauſe either on the Merits, or upon filing Exceptions; if upon the Merits, the Court may put what Terms they pleaſe on him; as bringing in the Money, or paying it to the Parties, ſubject to the Order of the Court, [...]”

“[I]n most cases once the Court has performed its judicial function – as it had been determined by the parties through their Application or Special Agreement and their submissions – and has rendered its judgment on the merits of the case, a new phrase of functional interaction commences.”

“Be it known, that we the greateſt are mis-thoght / For things that others do : and when we fall, / We anſwer others merits, in our name / Are therefore to be pittied.”

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