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Shops expect increase in salary to be announced (7)

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I believe the answer is:

betrays

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'shops' is the definition.
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'expect increase in salary to be announced' is the wordplay.
'expect' becomes 'bet' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'increase in salary' becomes 'raise' (getting a raise is getting an increased salary).
'to be announced' shows a homophone (sound like).
'raise' sounds like 'rays'.
'bet'+'rays'='BETRAYS'

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(Other definitions for betrays that I've seen before include "Shows unintentionally, say feelings" , "Double-crosses" , "Sells" , "shops" , "Gives away" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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