The term 'is entitled to' is used to describe a situation in which someone has earned, DESERVES, or MERITS something. The crossword solutions for this term are 'earns' (5 letters), 'DESERVES' (8 letters), and 'MERITS' (6 letters). These words all refer to the idea of deserving something, either through effort or by right. Earning something implies that it was achieved through hard work, while deserving and meriting something suggest that it was deserved or earned through other means.