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The quality or state of deserving well or ill; desert.
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The quality or state of deserving well; worth; excellence.
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Reward deserved; any mark or token of excellence or approbation; as, his teacher gave him ten merits.
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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.
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any admirable quality or attribute; "work of great merit"
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the quality of being deserving (e.g., deserving assistance); "there were many children whose deservingness he recognized and rewarded"
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be worthy or deserving; "You deserve a promotion after all the hard work you have done"
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a positive reward for doing something above average
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a good feature that deserves praise, reward or admiration
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A value indicating the amount of CPU time a particular creature deserves (or has earned) taking into account its length and the tasks that it has successfully completed.
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The excellence of an object as assessed by its intrinsic qualities or performance.
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A praiseworthy quality.
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