Bet pay comes with shade of debt? (7)
I believe the answer is:
wagered
'bet' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'pay comes with shade of debt?' is the wordplay.
'pay' becomes 'wage' (synonyms).
'comes with' says to put letters next to each other.
'shade of debt?' becomes 'red' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'wage'+'red'='WAGERED'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for wagered that I've seen before include "Laid down" , "Placed a bet" , "Staked money" , "Gambled" , "Made a bet" .)