Merit

Merit may refer to:

Religion

• Merit (Buddhism)
• Merit (Christianity)

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, 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
• Merit (TV channel), a short-lived UK television channel
• Merit, a trading name used by J & L Randall
• 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 Egyptian feminine name, from the Egyptian language meaning "beloved":
  • Merit, wife of the ancient Egyptian royal scribe and architect Kha; interred with her husband in the tomb of Kha and Merit
  • Merit, wife of the ancient Egyptian royal treasurer Maya

Schools

• Merit School of Music, a music education organization in Chicago, Illinois, United States
• Merit Academy, a high school in Springville, Utah, United States

Other uses

• Merit, Texas, United States, an unincorporated community
• USS Merit, a World War II coastal minesweeper
• Merit (indie rock band), an American band
• Merit, in mathematics a ratio associated with the prime gap

See also

• Demerit (disambiguation)
• Merit badge (Boy Scouts of America)
• Merit good, a commodity which is judged that an individual or society should have on the basis of need
• Merit pay
• Meritt (disambiguation)
• Merrit (disambiguation)
• Merritt (disambiguation)
• All pages with titles beginning with Merit
• All pages with titles containing Merit