Found 4 items, similar to Merit.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak) Definition: merit pantas
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: merit kebaikan
English → English (WordNet) Definition: merit merit v : be worthy or deserving; “You deserve a promotion after all the hard work you have done” [syn: deserve] merit n 1: any admirable quality or attribute; “work of great merit” [syn: virtue] [ant: demerit] 2: the quality of being deserving (e.g., deserving assistance); “there were many children whose deservingness he recognized and rewarded” [syn: deservingness, meritoriousness]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Merit Merit \Mer"it\, n. [F. m['e]rite, L. meritum, fr. merere, mereri, to deserve, merit; prob. originally, to get a share; akin to Gr. ? part, ? fate, doom, ? to receive as one's portion. Cf. Market, Merchant, Mercer, Mercy.] 1. The quality or state of deserving well or ill; desert. [1913 Webster] Here may men see how sin hath his merit. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] Be it known, that we, the greatest, are misthought For things that others do; and when we fall, We answer other's merits in our name. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Esp. in a good sense: The quality or state of deserving well; worth; excellence. [1913 Webster] Reputation is . . . oft got without merit, and lost without deserving. --Shak. [1913 Webster] To him the wit of Greece and Rome was known, And every author's merit, but his own. --Pope. [1913 Webster] 3. Reward deserved; any mark or token of excellence or approbation; as, his teacher gave him ten merits. [1913 Webster] Those laurel groves, the merits of thy youth. --Prior. [1913 Webster] Merit \Mer"it\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Merited; p. pr. & vb. n. Meriting.] [F. m['e]riter, L. meritare, v. intens. fr. merere. See Merit, n.] 1. 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. “This kindness merits thanks.” --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To reward. [R. & Obs.] --Chapman. [1913 Webster] Merit \Mer"it\, v. i. To acquire desert; to gain value; to receive benefit; to profit. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster]