merit

[ˈmerɪt]

Definition:
1. Any admirable quality or attribute.
2. The quality of being deserving (e.g., deserving assistance).
3. Be worthy or deserving.

Use 'merit' in a sentence:

• 1. Selection is based solely on merit.
• 2. He said he had done nothing wrong to merit a criminal investigation.
• 3. I want to get the job on merit.
• 4. "We're playing the merit game," acknowledges Tom Lancaster, associate dean for undergraduate education.
• 5. Everybody is selected on merit.
• 6. Should promotion be based on merit or seniority?
• 7. The subject may merit a brief explanatory note.
• 8. I am ready to judge any book on its merits.
• 9. History affords us lessons that merit attention.
• 10. Artistic merit scholarships require that applicants excel in a given artistic area.
• 11. There is a difference of opinion as to the merits of the plan.
• 12. These candidates were selected solely on merit.
• 13. That's one reason Allegheny College doesn't plan to drop merit aid entirely.
• 14. Studies show merit aid also tends to benefit disproportionately students who could afford to enroll without it.
• 15. Now, Hamilton College in Clinton, N.Y., says it will phase out merit scholarships altogether.
• 16. His birth, background and career show that you can make it in this country on merit alone.
• 17. Box-office success mattered more than artistic merit.
• 18. Between 1995-96 and 2003-04, institutional merit aid alone increased 212%, compared with 47% for need-based grants.
• 19. "Board members of public companies should be chosen solely on the basis of merit and experience," he says.
• 20. In his opinion, this proposal has some merit.
• 21. But merit aid, offered primarily by schools and states, is growing faster, both overall and at the institutional level.
• 22. Academic merit scholarships are based on students' grades, GPA and overall academic performance during high school.
• 23. To earn a Plant Science merit badge, a scout can choose between agronomy, horticulture, or field botany.
• 24. And, as tuitions continue to increase, the line between merit and need blurs.
• 25. The new design compromises the merits of Chinese and Western styles.
• 26. He claims that their success was not merited.
• 27. Your feature has the merit of simply stating what has been achieved.
• 28. Each case is judged on its merits.
• 29. That's a real merit we as Chinese should adopt.
• 30. "It's of no great literary merit," he said, almost apologetically.
• 31. As tuitions continue to increase, the line between merit and need blurs.
• 32. Such ideas merit careful consideration.
• 33. It was obvious that, whatever its merits, their work would never be used.
• 34. In social sciences, this is known as examining "near misses" and "narrow wins" in areas where merit is subjective.
• 35. Objective To evaluate the prominent merit of new concept cesarean section.
• 36. Not all colleges offer merit aid; generally, the more selective a school is, the less likely it is to do so.
• 37. They chatted about the relative merits of London and Paris as places to live.
• 38. The argument seemed to have considerable merit.
• 39. I am still not fully persuaded of the plan's merits.
• 40. Surely such weighty matters merit a higher level of debate?
• 41. At the same time, it would expand its 28-year-old merit program.
• 42. Sell nothing that has unique artistic merit or scientific value.
• 43. I jumped the highest; but in this world merit seldom meets its reward.
• 44. They weighed up the relative merits of the four candidates.
• 45. Unfortunately, the long-term costs of using simple quantitative metrics to assess researcher merit are likely to be quite great.
• 46. The case does not merit further investigation.
• 47. The plan is entirely without merit.
• 48. Each painting must be judged on its own merits.
• 49. For his dedication the Mayor awarded him a medal of merit.
• 50. They have been persuaded of the merits of peace.
• 51. Despite the film's merits I felt it was too pat.
• 52. Unfortunately the long-term costs of using simple quantitative metrics to assess researcher merit are likely to be quite great.