merit system

1. 1.

   the system of employing and promoting civil servants on the basis of ability

   Antonymsspoils system

   Broadersystem

Questions about merit system

What does merit system mean?

merit system means "the system of employing and promoting civil servants on the basis of ability".

What is the opposite of merit system?

The recorded antonyms are spoils system.

Is merit system a common word?

merit system is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.