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[fussy]

Does "it has merit" mean "it has value" or "it is valuable"?
Is "it has merit" a natural way to say "it has value"?

Thanks!

[CP]

Yes. Something that has worth, value, importance has merit. You might say, "The speaker was ridiculed by the crowd, but his ideas have merit."
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[fussy]

Thank you, CP!
Thanks again for the nice example!