1. Noun
The quality or state of deserving well or ill; desert.
2. Noun
Esp. in a good sense: The quality or state of deserving well; worth; excellence.
3. Noun
Reward deserved; any mark or token of excellence or approbation; as, his teacher gave him ten merits.
4. Noun
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.
5. Noun
To reward.
6. Verb
To acquire desert; to gain value; to receive benefit; to profit.
7. Noun
the quality of being deserving (e.g., deserving assistance); "there were many children whose deservingness he recognized and rewarded"
Vocabulary classified under Economics
8. Noun
any admirable quality or attribute; "work of great merit"
Vocabulary classified under Environmental science
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