Betekenis van merit In het Nederlands

• 0 the quality of being good and deserving praise:

  • an entertaining film with little artistic merit

  • Her ideas have merit.

  • Brierley's book has the merit of being both informative and readable.

  • We discussed the merits of herbal tea.

  • The committee will consider/judge each applicant on his or her own merits.

• 1 If something merits a particular treatment, it deserves or is considered important enough to be treated in that way:

  • This plan merits careful attention.

  • The accident merited only a small paragraph in the local paper.

• 2 the quality of being good and deserving praise, or a good quality:

  • [ U ] Judged on artistic merit, it was a success.

  • [ C ] Being able to work at home has its merits.

• 3 to deserve something:

  • These recommendations merit careful attention.

• 4 the quality of being good and deserving to be praised or rewarded, or an advantage that something has:

  • Proposals will be judged strictly on merit by an external committee.

  • I fail to see the merit of organizing the work in that way.

• 5 extra pay given to employees who have done their job well and made noticeable improvements in the company, department, etc.:

  • The average merit pay increase over the past five years has been in the range of 3 to 4%.

• 6 if a court decides that a complaint, case, etc. has merit, it accepts that it is true or there is evidence for it:

  • The lawsuit was found to be completely without merit.

• 7 to deserve to be treated or considered in a particular way:

  • merit attention/discussion/investigation If complaints merit investigation, they should go the complaints committee.