English-French translations for merit

• mérite
  par écrit. - Ce rapport a différents mérites. This report has various merits.
  Ce rapport mérite que je vote en faveur. This report merits my vote in favour.
  Il doit être ouvert, transparent et fondé sur le mérite. It has to be open, transparent and merit-based.
• mériter
  Celles-ci continuent de mériter un soutien spécifique de l'Union, qui peut permettre de faire face aux coûts résultant de l'insularité et de stimuler les contacts avec l'étranger. These continue to merit special support from the Union, which can overcome the costs of insularity and boost foreign contacts.
  Certains continueront bien évidemment de mériter de faire l'objet d'une discussion approfondie et d'un vote en plénière; mais ce ne sera sans doute pas le cas de tous. Some, of course, will continue to merit full discussion and voting in plenary; but perhaps some really do not.
  Celle-ci se concentre beaucoup trop sur le Parlement, et les autres institutions ne semblent pas mériter qu'on s'y attarde trop. There is far too much concentration on Parliament, and the other institutions do not appear to merit much comment.
• digne
  Le rapport est digne d'intérêt et aborde de nombreuses inquiétudes que nous partageons tous. The report has merit and addresses many of the concerns we all share.
  C'est un problème important, et toute proposition est digne d'attention. This is a major issue and every proposal has merit.
  Le rapport est digne d'intérêt et aborde de nombreuses inquiétudes que nous partageons tous. The report has merit, and it addresses many of the concerns we all share.
• gloire
• grâce (à

Definition of merit

• A claim#Noun|claim to commendation or a reward#Noun|reward
• A mark#Noun|mark or token of approbation or to recognize excellence
• Something deserving or worthy#Adjective|worthy of positive#Adjective|positive recognition or reward
• The sum#Noun|sum of all the good#Adjective|good deed#Noun|deeds that a person does which determines the quality of the person's next state#Noun|state of existence and contributes to the person's growth towards enlightenment
• ''Usually in the plural form''''the merits''': the substantive#Adjective|substantive rightness or wrongness of a legal argument, a lawsuit, etc., as opposed to technical matter#Noun|matters such as the admissibility of evidence#Noun|evidence or point#Noun|points of legal procedure; the overall good#Adjective|good or bad#Adjective|bad quality, or rightness or wrongness, of some other thing
• The quality or state of deserving retribution, whether reward or punishment
• To deserve, to earn
• To be deserving#Adjective|deserving or worthy#Adjective|worthy
• To reward#Verb|reward

Examples

• For her good performance in the examination, her teacher gave her ten merits
• His reward for his merit was a check for $50
• to acquire or make merit
• Even though the plaintiff was ordered by the judge to pay some costs for not having followed the correct procedure, she won the case on the merits
• Her performance merited wild applause
• They were punished as they merited

Related words

• promerit