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- noun Plural form of
demerit .
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Examples
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I do not know whether the consciousness that they are liable to be promoted or degraded in business matters for reasons which have nothing to do with their business merits or demerits is humiliating or the reverse to the majority of women, but I do know that it is humiliating to some.
Marriage as a Trade 1909
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As the New York Times recently reported, employees can receive \ "occurrences, \" commonly known as demerits, lose pay, and ultimately risk termination for taking sick days.
Katie Bethell: Peaceful Revolution: Shop Wal-Mart, Get...Sick? 2009
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As the New York Times recently reported, employees can receive "occurrences," commonly known as demerits, lose pay, and ultimately risk termination for taking sick days.
Katie Bethell: Peaceful Revolution: Shop Wal-Mart, Get...Sick? 2009
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Patricia couldn't afford any more "demerits" because she had already taken sick leave time for a rotator cuff injury she sustained on the job.
Taylor Leake: Walmart's Sick Day Policy Hurts Workers, Families, and Customers 2010
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Last fall, Walmart was exposed for its track record of giving employees "demerits" that can lead to termination when they call in sick.
Taylor Leake: Walmart's Sick Day Policy Hurts Workers, Families, and Customers 2010
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Last fall, Walmart was exposed for its track record of giving employees "demerits" that can lead to termination when they call in sick.
Walmart's Sick Day Policy Hurts Workers, Families, and Customers 2010
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Patricia couldn't afford any more "demerits" because she had already taken sick leave time for a rotator cuff injury she sustained on the job.
Walmart's Sick Day Policy Hurts Workers, Families, and Customers 2010
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He gets "demerits" for not getting dressed on Sundays, and for "writing on the tablecloth with a pencil."
Window into marriage in the 1930s StyleyGeek 2008
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He gets "demerits" for not getting dressed on Sundays, and for "writing on the tablecloth with a pencil."
Archive 2008-05-01 StyleyGeek 2008
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A few years ago I heard of a case of a high school geography teacher discussing the merits or "demerits" of capitalism, that it was "at odds with humanity", and asked his class if Bush should be compared to Hitler.
Shelby Steele on Saturday Extra Bill Kerr 2008
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