merit

Definition

Examples

Employees are promoted on merit rather than on how long they have worked.

Word Family

Synonyms

• virtuethe quality of doing what is right and avoiding what is wrong
• advantagethe quality of having a superior or more favorable position
• worthan indefinite quantity of something having a specified value

Collocations

• Easy merit and demerit
  to merit and demerit, meaning to be worthy or deserving
• Medium promoted based on merit and performance
  to promoted based on merit and performance, meaning to contribute to the progress or growth of
• Hard evaluate substantive legal merits of the petition
  to evaluate substantive legal merits of the petition, meaning to evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of
• Very Hard reward solely on individual merit without nepotism
  to reward solely on individual merit without nepotism, meaning to bestow honor or rewards upon