merit system
noun
: a system by which appointments and promotions in the civil service are based on competence rather than political favoritism
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Colangelo hired Diamantis’ daughter for a $99,000 a year job outside the merit system.
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Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 25 May 2024
Knight said the jail implemented a merit system where residents can earn privileges for good behavior, like longer phone calls to loved ones and a later, 10 p.m. bedtime.
—Christine MacDonald, Detroit Free Press, 30 Jan. 2024
Luton Town’s rise to the world’s richest soccer league proves England’s fabled merit system still works.
—Rory Smith, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2023
Employees would be under the state merit system.
—Mike Cason | [email protected], al, 12 Aug. 2021
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Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 25 May 2024
Knight said the jail implemented a merit system where residents can earn privileges for good behavior, like longer phone calls to loved ones and a later, 10 p.m. bedtime.
—Christine MacDonald, Detroit Free Press, 30 Jan. 2024
Luton Town’s rise to the world’s richest soccer league proves England’s fabled merit system still works.
—Rory Smith, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2023
Employees would be under the state merit system.
—Mike Cason | [email protected], al, 12 Aug. 2021
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“Merit system.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/merit%20system. Accessed 29 Nov. 2024.
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