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Merit may refer to:
Religion
edit- Merit (Buddhism)
- Merit (Christianity)
- Punya (Hinduism)
- Imputed righteousness in Lutheranism and Calvinism
Companies and brands
edit- Merit (cigarette), a brand of cigarettes made by Altria
- Merit Energy Company, an international energy company
- Merit Motion Pictures, a production company based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
- Merit Network
- Merit (TV channel), a UK television channel owned by Sky Group
- Merit, a trading name used by J & L Randall
- A chain of gas stations owned by Meadville Corporation before it was purchased by Hess Corporation in 2000.
Music
edit- Merit (indie rock band), a band from Syracuse, New York
Schools
edit- Merit School of Music, a music education organization in Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Merit Academy, a high school in Springville, Utah, United States
Other uses
edit- Figure of merit
- Merit (law)
- Merit, Texas, an unincorporated community in Hunt County, Texas, United States
- Merit of the prime gap gn, the ratio of gn / log(pn)
- MERIT (medical) Medical Emergency Response Incident Team
People with the name
edit- Merit Janow, American professor
- Merit or Meryt, an ancient Egyptian feminine name, from the Egyptian language meaning "beloved":
- Merit, an ancient Egyptian woman of the middle Eighteenth Dynasty, wife of the royal scribe and architect Kha; joint owner with her husband of the intact tomb TT8
- Merit (wife of Maya), an ancient Egyptian woman of the late Eighteenth Dynasty, wife of the royal treasurer Maya
See also
edit- Demerit (disambiguation)
- Merit badge (Boy Scouts of America)
- Merit good, a commodity which is judged that an individual or society should have on the basis of need
- Merit pay
- Meritocracy
- Meritt (disambiguation)
- Merrit (disambiguation)
- Merritt (disambiguation)
- All pages with titles beginning with Merit
- All pages with titles containing Merit