merit pay merit badge • merit rate · · · Info · Definitions · Characters · · merit pay · · Text Common · · Latin · · Scripts 9 · · Length 3 · · Syllables Definitions · · · (noun) extra pay awarded to an employee on the basis of merit (especially to school teachers). Synonyms: merit pay. · · Noun Definition 1 Characters · · space U+0020 a latin small letter a U+0061 e latin small letter e U+0065 i latin small letter i U+0069 m latin small letter m U+006D p latin small letter p U+0070 r latin small letter r U+0072 t latin small letter t U+0074 y latin small letter y U+0079