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MERIT SYSTEM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does merit system mean?
• MERIT SYSTEM (noun)
The noun MERIT SYSTEM has 1 sense:
1. the system of employing and promoting civil servants on the basis of ability
Familiarity information: MERIT SYSTEM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The system of employing and promoting civil servants on the basis of ability
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("merit system" is a kind of...):
system; system of rules (a complex of methods or rules governing behavior)
Antonym:
spoils system (the system of employing and promoting civil servants who are friends and supporters of the group in power)
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