| (n.) | The quality or state of deserving well or ill; desert. | |
| (n.) | Esp. in a good sense: The quality or state of deserving well; worth; excellence. | |
| (n.) | Reward deserved; any mark or token of excellence or approbation; as, his teacher gave him ten merits. | |
| (n.) | 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. | |
| (n.) | To reward. | |
| (v. i.) | To acquire desert; to gain value; to receive benefit; to profit. |
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