Merit may refer to:

Religion

Merit (Buddhism) Merit (; ) 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 to Buddhist practice: merit brings good and agr ...

Merit (Christianity) In Christian theology, merit (Latin: ''meritum'') accrues when a believer's good work incurs "a future reward from a graceful God". The role of human merit in Christian life has been a point of dispute between Catholics and Protestants. Both Ca ...

Companies and brands

* Merit (cigarette), a brand of cigarettes * Merit Energy Company, an international energy company * Merit Motion Pictures, an independent documentary film and television 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 Non-profit organization, nonprofit organizations, primarily in Michig ...

, a nonprofit organization providing high-performance computer networking and related services to educational, government, health care, and nonprofit organizations, primarily in Michigan, United States * Merit Packaging Limited, a subsidiary of the

Lakson Group The Lakson Group ( ) is a group of companies headquartered in Karachi, Sindh. History It was founded in 1954 and is owned by the Lakhani family. Subsidiaries Listed * Century Insurance Company Limited, general insurance business * Centu ...

* Merit (TV channel), a short-lived UK television channel * Merit, a trading name used by

J & L Randall J & L Randall Ltd was a UK, 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 ...

* A chain of gas stations owned by Meadville Corporation before it was purchased by Hess Corporation

People

* Merit Cudkowicz, American neurologist and neuroscientist * Merit Hertzman-Ericson (1911–1998), Swedish psychologist and author * Merit Janow, American professor * Merit or Meryt, an

ancient Egypt Ancient Egypt () was a cradle of civilization concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile River in Northeast Africa. It emerged from prehistoric Egypt around 3150BC (according to conventional Egyptian chronology), when Upper and Lower E ...

ian feminine name, from the

Egyptian language The Egyptian language, or Ancient Egyptian (; ), is an extinct branch of the Afro-Asiatic languages that was spoken in ancient Egypt. It is known today from a large corpus of surviving texts, which were made accessible to the modern world ...

meaning "beloved": ** Merit, wife of the ancient Egyptian royal scribe and architect Kha; interred with her husband in the

tomb of Kha and Merit The tomb of Kha and Merit, also known by its list of Theban tombs, tomb number Theban Tomb 8 or TT8, is the funerary chapel and burial place of the ancient Egyptian foreman Kha and his wife Merit, in the northern cemetery of the workmen's vill ...

** Merit, wife of the ancient Egyptian royal treasurer

Maya Maya may refer to: Ethnic groups * Maya peoples, of southern Mexico and northern Central America ** Maya civilization, the historical civilization of the Maya peoples ** Mayan languages, the languages of the Maya peoples * Maya (East Africa), a p ...

Schools

* Merit School of Music, a music education organization in Chicago, Illinois, United States *

Merit Academy Merit Preparatory Academy (MPA) is a charter high school located in Springville, Utah, U.S., serving students in grades 7–12. It was established in 2008. Facilities The school building is a facility on approximately . It has classrooms, for ...

, a high school in Springville, Utah, United States

Other uses

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 Settlemen ...

, United States, an unincorporated community * , a World War II coastal minesweeper *

Merit (indie rock band) Merit is an American indie rock band from Syracuse, New York, United States. Band history In 2002, Wil Mecum and Jeff Nelson (attending Syracuse University at the time) joined forces with local singer songwriter Brenna Merritt, and took a va ...

, an American band * Merit, in mathematics a ratio associated with 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)-st and the ''n''-th prime numbers, i.e., :g_n = p_ - p_n. ...

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