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deserve

(d/I/'z/[@]/rv )

be worthy or deserving(verb.stative)

Example:
You deserve a promotion after all the hard work you have done.

Synonym:
merit

source: wordnet30
To earn by service; to be worthy of (something due, either good or evil); to merit; to be entitled to; as, the laborer deserves his wages; a work of value deserves praise.(verb)

source: webster1913
To be worthy of recompense; -- usually with ill or with well.(verb)

source: webster1913

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