Merit

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Merit may refer to:

Religion

  • Merit (Buddhism)
  • Merit (Christianity)
  • Punya (Hinduism)
  • Imputed righteousness in Lutheranism and Calvinism

Companies and brands

  • 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

  • Merit (indie rock band), a band from Syracuse, New York

Schools

  • 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

  • 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)
  • MERITS an international train timetable database.

People with the name

  • 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

  • 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
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