Cost and Merit

Cost

Cost noun - A payment made in the course of achieving a result.

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Merit and cost are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Merit" instead a noun "Cost".

Nearby Words: costly, costless, costing, costliness

Merit noun - A quality that gives something special worth.

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Cost and merit are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cost" instead a noun "Merit".

Nearby Words: merited, meriting

equal	equal cost	equal merit
considerable	considerable cost	considerable merit
true	true cost	true merit
reasonable	reasonable cost	reasonable merit
Other adjectives: sheer, cheap, actual, real, great, serious, huge, little, personal, moral, possible, extra, significant, greater, economic, overall.

title	cost title	merit title
credits	cost credits	merit credits

In The Vow, Lord Chang's explanation to his obsession in building a dynasty even at the cost of his daughter's happiness has a merit of truth in it.

Source: Jerkass Has a Point
For reference, this means that it took nearly a third of a character's starting merit dots to be able to read and speak an additional language, and it cost as much in merit dots or experience as having an intuitive sense of impending danger or being a relatively significant celebrity.

Source: Omniglot
The "Sexualized" merit in Vampire: The Requiem lets characters use this to their advantage, at the cost of dealing with the fallout from the occasional Stupid Sexy Flanders moments they inflict on people around them.

Source: Distracted by the Sexy

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