MERITS

"MERITS" is a plural of: merit.

Date "MERITS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references)

Law

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Crosswords: MERITS

Relative Merits (1987)

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Books

• Scaling the Ivory Tower: Merits & Its Limits in Academic Careers (Foundations of Higher Education) (reference)

• Grievance Arbitration: Issues on the Merits in Discipline, Discharge, and Contract Interpretation (Emerging Issues in Employee Relations) (reference)

• Task Force for the Contested Election in the 46th Congressional District of California : hearing on the merits : hearing before the Committee on House Oversight, Task Force for the Contested Election in the 46th Congressional District of California, House (reference)

• The Merits and Demerits of the Eu Policies Towards Associated Developing Countries: An Empirical Analysis of Eu-Sadc Trade and Overall Economics Relations Within the Framework of the Lome Convention (Europaische Hochschulschriften. Reihe V, Volks- Und Bet (reference)

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Housing. Manitowac, Wisconsin. Three youthful residents of the 400-unit federal housing project, in Manitowac, Wisconsin, investigate the merits of a neighbor's bird bath. Operated by the National Housing Authority (NHA), this project includes 400 prefabr. Credit: Library of Congress.

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He was looked on as sufficiently belonging to the place to make his merits and prospects a kind of common concern.

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Health

The development of pediatric oncology agents merits special consideration. (references)

The relative merits of the various methods for obtaining and storing platelets remain unclear. (references)

Research and clinical programs produced many reports about the merits of this activity, and controversy emerged. (references)

Business

Imports are expected to increase markedly, as local labor and other inputs become more expensive and the merits of high-quality imported products become better known. (references)

Financial considerations alone are not sufficient to convince purchasers to adopt new technology or a new type of equipment, nor is a simple statement of a product's merits. (references)

The UMTS license will tentatively be awarded in 2001. The operators who wish to bid for the license will first pay an up-front entry fee, and then will be judged on their merits rather than on financial capabilities. (references)

Economic History

Cyprus

Each application for investment is judged on its own merits. (references)

Nigeria

Industry watchers are divided in their Assessment of the merits and demerits of the port reform. (references)

Cote D'ivoire

Court cases move slowly and some do not appear to be judged on their legal or contractual merits. (references)

Human Rights

Malawi

Its use often bears only a tenuous relationship to the merits of an individual's situation. (references)

Malaysia

During the year, some high-profile cases were decided according to the legal merits of the case. (references)

Honduras

In 1998 the Court determined that while the amnesty laws were constitutional, amnesty appeals would have to be decided on their individual merits. (references)

Indigenous People

Indonesia

In September 2000, they reached agreement with the local government that they would be allowed to remain on their lands until a court decided the merits of their claim. (references)

Political Economy

South Africa

However, as South Africa's constitution began to take shape at the multiparty negotiations leading up to the 1994 elections, the ANC began to see the merits of a market-driven economy - including greater competition. (references)

JAMAICA

While each investment proposal is assessed on its own merits, investments are preferred in areas which may increase productive output, use domestic raw materials, earn or save foreign exchange, generate employment, or introduce new technology. (references)

Trade

Australia

The decision to grant a MiB license is solely with the Australian Government and is dealt with on its merits. (references)

Women

Tunisia

Legislation requires civil authorities to advise couples on the merits of including provisions for joint property in marriage contracts. (references)

Worker Rights

Costa Rica

Most cases take up to 2 months to resolve, but some may take longer if the judge decides that an unusual situation merits further investigation and requires witnesses. (references)

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Expressions using "MERITS": inquire into the merits of smth. ♦ judgement on the merits ♦ judgment on the merits ♦ look into the merits of smth. ♦ the merits. Additional references.

Ending with "MERITS": de-merits.

Albanian

dinjitet (dignity, face, grandeur). (various references)

Bulgarian 

същност (entity, essence, gist, inwardness, juice, kernel, nature, pith, point, quiddity, reality, self, spirit, sum, thisness), основателност (solidity), основание (basis, cause, foundation, ground, grounds, occasion, reason, subject, warrant, warranty), заслуга (desert, merit, service). (various references)

Chinese 

講理 (discuss the merits of an argument). (various references)

Czech

zásluhy. (various references)

Danish

sag hvor sagsøgte frifindes i realiteten (case dismissed on the merits), gå ind på selve sagen (to go into the merits of the case). (various references)

Dutch

ten gronde pleiten (to defend on the merits, to defend the proceedings on the merits), ten gronde beslissen (to pronounce judgment on the merits), over de hoofdzaak pleiten (to defend on the merits, to defend the proceedings on the merits), de beoordeling van de zaak zelf (to go into the merits of the case), beslissen over de zaak ten gronde (to pronounce judgment on the merits), beroep verworpen (case dismissed on the merits). (various references)

Finnish

tunnustukseksi hänen ansioistaan (in recognition of his merits), ratkaista pääasia (to pronounce judgment on the merits), kunkin tapauksen mukaan (from case to case, on its own merits), hänen ansionsa supistuvat hyvin vähiin (he has little if any merits), ansiot voittavat puutteet (the merits outweigh the defects), ansiot ja haitat (advantages and disadvantages, merits and demerits). (various references)

French

fond. (various references)

German

verdient (deserves, earned, earns, of outstanding merit, rightful, well-deserved), Verdienste (earnings). (various references)

Greek 

υπόθεση απορριφθείσα ως αβάσιμη (case dismissed on the merits). (various references)

Hungarian

érdem (desert, excellence, merit, worth). (various references)

Italian

pronunciarsi nel merito (to pronounce judgment on the merits), entrare nel merito della questione (to go into the merits of the case), causa rigettata nel merito (case dismissed on the merits). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

事績 (achievement, exploit), 曲直 (right or wrong), 勲功 (distinguished services), 優劣 (quality, superiority or inferiority). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

きょくちょく (right or wrong), く�"�"う (distinguished services, fragrance, incense), ゆうれつ (bravery, courage, quality, superiority or inferiority, valor), じせき (achievement, assistant, associate, evidence, exploit, junior, one's desk, one's seat, runner-up, self-condemnation, trace, vestige). (various references)

Pig Latin

eritsmay

Portuguese

pronunciar-se sobre o mérito da causa (to pronounce judgment on the merits), processo improcedente quanto ao fundo da causa (case dismissed on the merits), emitir juizos de valor sobre o assunto (to go into the merits of the case), conhecer do mérito da causa (consider the substance of the application, to proceed to consider the substance of the application, to pronounce judgment on the merits). (various references)

Russian 

качества. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

zakonska prava. (various references)

Spanish

proceder al examen del fondo de la cuestión (to go into the merits of the case), instrucción y ordenación del recurso (examination and consideration of the merits of an administrative appeal), asunto rechazado en cuanto al fondo (case dismissed on the merits). (various references)

Swedish

meriter. (various references)

Turkish

esas (authentic, basal, base, basic, basis, beginnings, broad, central, constitutive, corner stone, element, elemental, essence, extract, footing, fortification, foundation, fundamental, guiding, heartbeat, intrinsic, main, master, nub, parent, pith, pith and marrow, pivotal, postulate, principal, principle, quiddity, radical, staple, substance, sum, the merits, the nub, ultimate, underlying), davanın esasları (the merits). (various references)

Derivations

Words ending with "MERITS": demerits. (additional references)

Misspellings

"MERITS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: ecrits, emrit, erites, marit, marites, Marriots, marrit, marti, matrist, meeret, meerit, Mehretu, meir, Meirt, meist, meiths, Melitz, Mereato, Merete, Mereth, Meretta, meri, Merid, meristem, Merita, merite, merith, meritus, merkis, mermis, Merpins, Merret, Merrets, Merrit, Merrith, Mertes, merti, mertz, meruit, metris, metritis, Mirdita, Mirista, mirit, Miruts, mirvish, Moretus, Morfitt, murats, neqrita, nerit. (additional references)

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: mister, miters, mitres, remits, smiter, timers.

-1 letter: emirs, emits, items, merit, metis, mires, miser, miter, mites, mitre, remit, rimes, rites, smite, stime, terms, tiers, timer, times, tires, tries, trims.

-2 letters: emir, emit, erst, ires, item, mire, mirs, mise, mist, mite, reis, rems, rest, rets, rime, rims, rise, rite, semi, sire, site, smit, stem, stir, term, tier, ties, time, tire.

+1 letter: erotism, firmest, hermits, imarets, imprest, maestri, metiers, metrics, metrist, milters, minster, minters, miriest, mirkest, misrate, misterm, misters, mistier, mithers, moister, mortise, mustier, permits, reemits, remints, retimes, retrims, rimiest, smartie, smiters, timbers, timbres, trimers, triseme, trisome.

+2 letters: airtimes, amirates, amortise, asterism, atomiser, barmiest, bimester, centrism, ceramist, demerits, diestrum, dimeters, emeritas, emeritus, emirates, emitters, emptiers, eremites, erethism, ergotism, erotisms, fremitus, germiest, grimiest, grimmest, imbrutes, imposter, imprests, imputers, interims, isometry, isotherm, lamister, limiters, magister, marliest, marlites, marmites, matrices, matrixes, meristem, meristic, merriest, metrists, metritis, midterms, migrates, minarets, minister, minsters, minstrel, mirkiest, misalter, misenter, misentry, misinter, misrated, misrates, misroute, missteer, mistaker, misterms, misthrew, mistrace, mistreat, mistress, miswrite, miswrote, miterers, mixtures, moisture, mooriest, mortices, mortised, mortiser, mortises, motorise, muriates, murkiest, omitters, pretrims, primates, primmest, ragtimes, raiments, rammiest, readmits, resubmit, rimester, roomiest, rummiest, scimetar, scimiter, seriatim, setiform, smarties, smithers, smithery, smuttier, steamier, stemmier, sterigma, stormier, stumpier, teratism, terbiums, terminus, termites, timbrels, tiresome, trimmers, trimmest, trimness, triremes, trisemes, trisemic, trisomes, unmiters, unmitres, vitamers, vomiters, wartimes, wormiest.