Merit may refer to:

Religion

Merit (Christianity) In Christian theology, merit (Latin: ''meritum'') is a good work done that is "seen to have a claim to a future reward from a graceful God". The role of human merit in Christian life is a point of dispute between Catholics and Protestants. Within ...

Merit (Buddhism) Merit ( sa, puṇya, italic=yes, pi, puñña, italic=yes) is a concept considered fundamental to Buddhist ethics. It is a beneficial and protective force which accumulates as a result of good deeds, acts, or thoughts. Merit-making is important ...

Punya (Hinduism) Punya (), also rendered Punyam () is a concept in Hinduism with various definitions. It generally refers to virtue or merit, and the activities that allow one to acquire this attribute, in order to achieve liberation from samsara, the cycle of bi ...

Imputed righteousness Imputed righteousness is a concept in Christian theology proposing that the "righteousness of Christ ... is imputed to elievers— that is, treated as if it were theirs through faith." It is on the basis of Jesus' righteousness that God accep ...

in Reformed Christianity

Companies and brands

Merit (cigarette) Merit is an American brand of cigarettes, currently owned and manufactured by Philip Morris USA in the United States and Philip Morris International outside the United States. History A Philip Morris brand first introduced to national markets in ...

, a brand of cigarettes made by Altria * Merit Energy Company, an international energy company *

Merit Motion Pictures Merit Motion Pictures is an independent documentary film and television production company based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It was founded by Merit Jensen Carr in 1988. Specializing in factual, multi-platform entertainment, Merit Motion Pict ...

, a production company based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada *

Merit Network Merit Network, Inc., is a nonprofit member-governed organization providing high-performance computer networking and related services to educational, government, health care, and nonprofit organizations, primarily in Michigan. Created in 1966, Mer ...

Merit (TV channel) Merit was a short-lived time-shared British lifestyle and entertainment TV channel which was a part of the Freeview lineup in the late summer of 2020. Broadcasting The channel began broadcasting at 9pm on 29 July 2020, its launch delayed from th ...

, a UK television channel owned by

Sky Group Sky Group Limited is a British media conglomerate, media and telecommunications conglomerate, which is a division of Comcast, and headquartered in London. It has operations in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Ital ...

* Merit, a trading name used by

J & L Randall J & L Randall Ltd was a British toy manufacturer, based in Potters Bar, which was in Middlesex until 1965 and then in Hertfordshire. The company flourished in the 1950s and 1960s and placed regular advertisements in Meccano Magazine. It was one ...

* A chain of gas stations owned by

Meadville Corporation The Meadville Corporation was an oil company based in Haverford, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1930 in Elizabeth, New Jersey. Fuel was sold at retail gas stations under the brand name "Merit", the logo consisting of a red "M" with the right ve ...

before it was purchased by

Hess Corporation Hess Corporation (formerly Amerada Hess Corporation) is an American global independent energy company involved in the exploration and production of crude oil and natural gas. It was formed by the merger of Hess Oil and Chemical and Amerada Petrol ...

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 Merit College Preparatory Academy (MCPA) is a public Charter schools in the United States, chartered high school serving grades 7–12 in Springville, Utah, Springville, Utah, United States. It opened in 2008. Facilities The school building i ...

, a high school in Springville, Utah, United States

Other uses

Figure of merit A figure of merit is a quantity used to characterize the performance of a device, system or method, relative to its alternatives. Examples *Clock rate of a CPU * Calories per serving *Contrast ratio of an LCD *Frequency response of a speaker * ...

Merit (law) In law, merits are the inherent rights and wrongs of a legal case, absent of any emotional or technical bias. The evidence is applied solely to cases decided on its merits, and any procedural matters are discounted. The term comes from Old French ...

Merit, Texas Merit is an unincorporated community in Hunt County, Texas, United States. It is 15 miles northwest of Greenville. Merit has a post office with the ZIP code 75458. The Bland Independent School District serves area students. History Settlement o ...

, an unincorporated community in Hunt County, Texas, United States * Merit (wife of Maya), an Egyptian woman, wife of

Maya Maya may refer to: Civilizations * Maya peoples, of southern Mexico and northern Central America ** Maya civilization, the historical civilization of the Maya peoples ** Maya language, the languages of the Maya peoples * Maya (Ethiopia), a populat ...

* Merit of the

prime gap A prime gap is the difference between two successive prime numbers. The ''n''-th prime gap, denoted ''g'n'' or ''g''(''p'n'') is the difference between the (''n'' + 1)-th and the ''n''-th prime numbers, i.e. :g_n = p_ - p_n.\ W ...

''g''_''n'', the ratio of ''g''_''n'' / log(''p''_''n'') * MERITS an international train timetable database.

People with the name

Merit Janow Merit E. Janow is a professor in the practice of international trade and dean at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs from 2013 to 2021. Biography Janow teaches graduate courses in international economic and trade pol ...