Be worthy or deserving:
— You deserve a promotion after all the hard work you have done.

synonym: merit.

Roget 922: be right etc. adj.; stand to reason.    see justice done, see one righted, see fair play; do justice to; recompense etc. (reward) 973; bold the scales even, give and take; serve one right, put the saddle on the right horse; give every one his due, give the devil his due; audire alteram partem [Lat.].    deserve etc. (be entitled to) 924.    ... show more

Roget 924: be due etc. adj.. to, be the due etc. n.. of; have right to, have title to, have claim to; be entitled to; have a claim upon; belong to etc. (property) 780.    deserve, merit, be worthy of, richly deserve.    demand, claim; call upon for, come upon for, appeal to for; revendicate^†, reclaim; exact; insist on, insist upon; challenge; take one's stand, make a point of, require, lay claim to, assert, assume, arrogate, make good; substantiate; vindicate a claim, vindicate a right; fit for, qualify for; make out a case.    give a right, confer a right; entitle; authorize etc. 760; sanctify, legalize, ordain, prescribe, allot.    give every one his due etc. 922; pay one's dues; have one's due, have one's rights.    use a right, assert, enforce, put in force, lay under contribution.    ... show more

Dutch: verdienen