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Merit meaning

A claim to commendation or a reward. | A mark or token of approbation or to recognize excellence. | Something deserving or worthy of positive recognition or reward.

Example sentences (20)

The court also sought a reply from the HC specifically on whether the promotions to the post in question are to be given on the basis of seniority-cum-merit or merit-cum-seniority and to place on record the entire merit list.

We have a merit system that isn’t a system; it’s a non-system that doesn’t advance merit; and it’s a merit-less non-system that doesn’t advance the government’s capacity to produce strong outcomes in the public interest.

The National Merit Scholarship Corporation recently announced that Vibhav Puvvala of Crofton High School is named on the prestigious list of achievers in the 2024 National Merit Scholarship competition.

The selection will be made on the basis of merit using a process similar to that of the Order Of Military Merit (ORMM).

The draw sees the top 32 players from the PDC Order of Merit go through to round two, with the first round featuring the ProTour Order of Merit Qualifiers up against qualifiers and international representatives.

Unlike every year, when merit list comes out from best of 5, this year, it was best of three to make the merit this year.

The office also received a Special Merit award in the category of External Relations Engagement Program for the Total Solar PeayClipse Educational Experience and a Special Merit award in the category of Specialty Piece for the APSU Virtual Reality Viewer.

The president then noted that only 12 percent of legal immigrants are selected based on skill or merit, unlike Canada, Australia and New Zealand, which use merit as the chief criteria for 60 to 75 percent of their legal immigrants.

Along with possible scholarships through the National Merit Scholars program, some college and universities will waive full or partial tuition and fees for Merit Scholars.

As a meritocratic system relies on a standard of merit to measure and compare people against, the system by which this is done has to be reliable to ensure that their assessed merit accurately reflects their potential capabilities.

Supporters of meritocracies do not necessarily agree on the nature of "merit"; however, they do tend to agree that "merit" itself should be a primary consideration during evaluation.

The acts of merit or acts of valor must be less than that required for the Legion of Merit but must nevertheless have been meritorious and accomplished with distinction.

They are also expected to provide a living example for the laity, and to serve as a "field of merit" for lay followers—providing laymen and women with the opportunity to earn merit by giving gifts and support to the bhikkhus.

All photos are judged anonymously, so decisions are made entirely on merit.

All these may seem like positives for advancing our society, but sadly, leaving merit and ability out of the “reforms” delivers unmerited advancement of those with little or no ability and has a distinct negative outcome for them and society alike.

And it certainly does have merit as a primer for the class, ethnic and religious unrest that besets the troubled state.

Ani said the entire recruitment exercise is free and will be based on merit and performance at each stage of the exercise.

As he presented the report to the board, Girardi said the organization has to make sure it uses merit based hiring practices and eliminate nepotism and favourtism.

Asmid laughter from MPs, Mr Sunak, an enthusiastic Leave supporter, again refused to engage in the wider question about the merit of Brexit.

A spokesperson for the school said: “Across the whole week the JRSOs monitored who travelled to school on their bike and the class with the most cyclists across the week was presented with a certificate in Friday's Merit Assembly.