Merit

The term merit constitutes a desirable trait or ability belonging to a person or (sometimes) an object.

It may refer to:

• Merit (Catholicism)
• Merit (Buddhism)
• Meritocracy

merit may also mean:

• Merit (band), a rock band from Syracuse, New York
• Merit (cigarette), a brand of cigarettes made by Altria
• Merit (legal), a legal term used in deciding a legal case
• Merit Computer Network
• Merit pay, term describing performance-related pay
• Merit School of Music, music education organization in metropolitan Chicago, United States
• Merit, a trading name used by the British toy manufacturer J & L Randall
• Merit Medical Systems, a medical device company founded in 1987 and headquartered in Utah, United States
• Merit Energy Company, an international energy company
• Merit Motion Pictures, a documentary film and television production company based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
• Merit, in number theory, the value of g_n / log(p_n) (see Prime gap)
• Merit good, in economics, a commodity which is judged that an individual or society should have on the basis of need
• Merit Academy, a high school located in Springville, Utah, United States
• Merit, Texas, an unincorporated community in Hunt County, Texas, United States
• Merit Janow, American professor

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Merit
• All pages with titles containing Merit
• Meritt (disambiguation)
• Merrit (disambiguation)
• Merritt (disambiguation)
• Demerit (disambiguation)