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The correct spelling is merits.
How to pronounce merits
/ˈmɛɹ.ɪts/
nounIPA: /ˈmɛɹ.ɪts/
Say it like: Mer-its
The correct spelling is merits. A claim to commendation or a reward. For example: "For her good performance in the examination, her teacher gave her ten merits."
Usage Examples
“For her good performance in the examination, her teacher gave her ten merits.”
“His reward for his merit was a check for $50.”
“to acquire or make merit”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A claim to commendation or a reward.
- 2.A mark or token of approbation or to recognize excellence.
- 3.Something deserving or worthy of positive recognition or reward.
- 4.The sum of all the good deeds that a person does which determines the quality of the person's next state of existence and contributes to the person's growth towards enlightenment.
- 5.Usually in the plural form the merits: the substantive rightness or wrongness of a legal argument, a lawsuit, etc., as opposed to technical matters such as the admissibility of evidence or points of legal procedure; (by extension) the overall good or bad quality, or rightness or wrongness, of some other thing.
verb
- 1.To deserve, to earn.
- 2.To be deserving or worthy.
- 3.To reward.
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