Inspections of food premises are conducted regularly and demerit points are assigned for all requirements violated. From LearnThat.org. [www.yourdictionary.com]
Noun : If you receive four demerits during a term, you will be expelled from school. From Dictionary.com.
LOTHIAN: Ayers doesn't think their casual connection should be a-- quote -- "demerit" on Obama's record. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 14, 2008] Reference
Details - such as demerit points and fines - are being worked out. From Wordnik.com. [TODAYonline] Reference
That my demerit is my bliss. From Wordnik.com. [Victories of Love] Reference
There can be no acts there leading to merit or demerit. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18] Reference
In kinsmen, therefore both merit and demerit may be marked. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference
Mr. Ballmer was in charge, so that's one demerit against him. From Wordnik.com. [The Microsoft Solution] Reference
For the free-will bears the same relation to merit as to demerit. From Wordnik.com. [Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition] Reference
By totally abstaining from acts he should avoid both merit and demerit. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference
Obj. 3: Further, reward and punishment correspond with merit and demerit. From Wordnik.com. [Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition] Reference
The slightest demerit is incapable of being alleged against thee and thy son. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18] Reference
As a gift is productive of merit even so an act of spoliation leads to demerit. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18] Reference
In this case, acceptance, therefore, for such ends is not productive of demerit. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference
"Better raise ship, Manning," said Loring, "you might get another nasty demerit!". From Wordnik.com. [Danger in Deep Space] Reference
When his demerit is exhausted by such suffering, he regains the status of humanity. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18] Reference
“All the same, I'm still giving Josh three demerit points,” pronounces the Dean. From Wordnik.com. [My son, the violent homosexual] Reference
But it is unnecessary for you to indicate any feeling that inexperience is a demerit. From Wordnik.com. [Certain Success] Reference
I shall so ordain that thou shalt not incur any demerit by doing this, O auspicious lady!. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference
Upon the exhaustion of his demerit by such sufferance, he regains the status of humanity. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18] Reference
After the exhaustion of his demerit by such sufferings he regains the status of humanity. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18] Reference
It is not a question of merit or demerit on the part of the unfortunates or their families. From Wordnik.com. [The Deaf Their Position in Society and the Provision for Their Education in the United States] Reference
Endued with merit (and demerit) Jiva (after the destruction of this body) attains to another. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18] Reference
From the knowledge of our capacity, and liberty of choice, ariseth sense of merit and demerit. From Wordnik.com. [Sermons on Various Important Subjects] Reference
These fourteen kinds of merit and demerit also, are subdivided into hundreds of thousands each. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference
But, galled and stung by a sense of my follies and demerit, I strove to throw the blame on others. From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851] Reference
Casting off his canine form he regains upon the exhaustion of his demerit, the status of humanity. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18] Reference
But merit and demerit bear relation to the body only in so far as it is the instrument of the soul. From Wordnik.com. [Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition] Reference
He knew the truth about birth and death, and understood the distinctions between merit and demerit. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18] Reference
He, who had never before been guilty of the like, now composed a set of verses of atrocious demerit. From Wordnik.com. [The Ladies A Shining Constellation of Wit and Beauty] Reference
Upon the exhaustion of his great demerit in this way, he succeeds in regaining his status of humanity. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18] Reference
He did not commit himself on account of the merit or demerit of the decision, but is a 'Thus saith the Lord.'. From Wordnik.com. [Hidden Treasures Or, Why Some Succeed While Others Fail] Reference
That wretch among men who slays living creatures for the sake of those who would eat them, incurs great demerit. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18] Reference
Obj. 3: Further, after death there accrues to man no merit or demerit that he had not before, according to Eccles. From Wordnik.com. [Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province] Reference
One day later, and I am taking Josh and the recovered CDC to the Dean for formal documentation of the demerit points. From Wordnik.com. [My son, the violent homosexual] Reference
But the source whence power is derived is out of the question respecting the merit or demerit attending the use of it. From Wordnik.com. [Sermons on Various Important Subjects] Reference
There is to this writer no more merit or demerit in any form of economic dogmatism than in any special theologic creed. From Wordnik.com. [The Family and it's Members] Reference
Living for many months in the company of other bees, his demerit becomes exhausted and he regains the status of humanity. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18] Reference
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