Value vs. Merit

Valuenoun

The quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable.

Valuenoun

(uncountable) The degree of importance given to something.

Valuenoun

That which is valued or highly esteemed, such as one's morals, morality, or belief system.

Valuenoun

The amount (of money or goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else.

Valuenoun

(music) The relative duration of a musical note.

Valuenoun

(arts) The relative darkness or lightness of a color in (a specific area of) a painting etc.

Valuenoun

Any definite numerical quantity or other mathematical object, determined by being measured, computed, or otherwise defined.

Valuenoun

Precise meaning; import.

Valuenoun

(in the plural) The valuable ingredients to be obtained by treating a mass or compound; specifically, the precious metals contained in rock, gravel, etc.

Valuenoun

(obsolete) Esteem; regard.

Valuenoun

(obsolete) Valour; also spelled valew.

Valueverb

To estimate the value of; judge the worth of something.

Valueverb

To fix or determine the value of; assign a value to, as of jewelry or art work.

Valueverb

To regard highly; think much of; place importance upon.

Valueverb

To hold dear.

Valuenoun

The property or aggregate properties of a thing by which it is rendered useful or desirable, or the degree of such property or sum of properties; worth; excellence; utility; importance.

Valuenoun

Worth estimated by any standard of purchasing power, especially by the market price, or the amount of money agreed upon as an equivalent to the utility and cost of anything.

Valuenoun

Precise signification; import; as, the value of a word; the value of a legal instrument

Valuenoun

Esteem; regard.

Valuenoun

The relative length or duration of a tone or note, answering to quantity in prosody; thus, a quarter note [ ] has the value of two eighth notes [ ].

Valuenoun

In an artistical composition, the character of any one part in its relation to other parts and to the whole; - often used in the plural; as, the values are well given, or well maintained.

Valuenoun

Valor.

Valuenoun

That property of a color by which it is distinguished as bright or dark; luminosity.

Valuenoun

Any particular quantitative determination; as, a function's value for some special value of its argument.

Valuenoun

The valuable ingredients to be obtained by treatment from any mass or compound; specif., the precious metals contained in rock, gravel, or the like; as, the vein carries good values; the values on the hanging walls.

Valueverb

To estimate the value, or worth, of; to rate at a certain price; to appraise; to reckon with respect to number, power, importance, etc.

Valueverb

To rate highly; to have in high esteem; to hold in respect and estimation; to appreciate; to prize; as, to value one for his works or his virtues.

Valueverb

To raise to estimation; to cause to have value, either real or apparent; to enhance in value.

Valueverb

To be worth; to be equal to in value.

Valuenoun

a numerical quantity measured or assigned or computed;

Valuenoun

the quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable;

Valuenoun

the amount (of money or goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else;

Valuenoun

relative darkness or lightness of a color;

Valuenoun

(music) the relative duration of a musical note

Valuenoun

an ideal accepted by some individual or group;

Valueverb

fix or determine the value of; assign a value to;

Valueverb

hold dear;

Valueverb

regard highly; think much of;

Valueverb

place a value on; judge the worth of something;

Valueverb

estimate the value of;

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;