merit system

Definitions of merit system
  1. noun
    the system of employing and promoting civil servants on the basis of ability
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    antonyms:
    spoils system
    the system of employing and promoting civil servants who are friends and supporters of the group in power
    type of:
    system, system of rules
    a complex of methods or rules governing behavior
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