What does the term "spoils system" mean?

The practice of a successful political party giving public office to its supporters!

In the politics of the United States, a spoil system (also known as a patronage system) is a practice where a political party, after winning an election, gives government jobs to its voters as a reward for working toward victory, [ and as an incentive to keep working for the party-as opposed to a system of awarding offices on the basis of some measure of merit independent of political