Earn vs. Merit
Earnverb
(transitive) To gain (success, reward, recognition) through applied effort or work.
Earnverb
(transitive) To receive payment for work.
Earnverb
(intransitive) To receive payment for work.
Earnverb
(transitive) To cause (someone) to receive payment or reward.
Earnverb
(transitive) To achieve by being worthy of.
Earnverb
To curdle, as milk.
Earnnoun
See Ern, n.
Earnverb
To merit or deserve, as by labor or service; to do that which entitles one to (a reward, whether the reward is received or not).
Earnverb
To acquire by labor, service, or performance; to deserve and receive as compensation or wages; as, to earn a good living; to earn honors or laurels.
Earnverb
To grieve.
Earnverb
To long; to yearn.
Earnverb
To curdle, as milk.
Earnverb
earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages;
Earnverb
acquire or deserve by one's efforts or actions
Earnverb
obtain (money) in return for labour or services
Earnverb
(of an activity) cause (someone) to obtain (money)
Earnverb
(of capital invested) gain (money) as interest or profit
Earnverb
gain deservedly in return for one's behaviour or achievements
Meritnoun
(countable) A claim to commendation or a reward.
Meritnoun
(countable) A mark or token of approbation or to recognize excellence.
Meritnoun
Something deserving or worthy of positive recognition or reward.
Meritnoun
The sum of all the good deeds that a person does which determines the quality of the person's next state of existence and contributes to the person's growth towards enlightenment.
Meritnoun
Usually in the plural form the merits: the substantive rightness or wrongness of a legal argument, a lawsuit, etc., as opposed to technical matters such as the admissibility of evidence or points of legal procedure; (by extension) the overall good or bad quality, or rightness or wrongness, of some other thing.
Meritnoun
The quality or state of deserving retribution, whether reward or punishment.
Meritverb
(transitive) To deserve, to earn.
Meritverb
(intransitive) To be deserving or worthy.
Meritverb
To reward.
Meritnoun
The quality or state of deserving well or ill; desert.
Meritnoun
The quality or state of deserving well; worth; excellence.
Meritnoun
Reward deserved; any mark or token of excellence or approbation; as, his teacher gave him ten merits.
Meritverb
To earn by service or performance; to have a right to claim as reward; to deserve; sometimes, to deserve in a bad sense; as, to merit punishment.
Meritverb
To reward.
Meritverb
To acquire desert; to gain value; to receive benefit; to profit.
Meritnoun
any admirable quality or attribute;
Meritnoun
the quality of being deserving (e.g., deserving assistance);
Meritverb
be worthy or deserving;
