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Meaning Of Merit
n.
The quality or state of deserving well or ill; desert.
n.
Esp. in a good sense: The quality or state of deserving well; worth; excellence.
n.
Reward deserved; any mark or token of excellence or approbation; as, his teacher gave him ten merits.
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.
To reward.
v. i.
To acquire desert; to gain value; to receive benefit; to profit.
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