rake-off

[ reyk-awf, -of ]

/ ˈreɪkˌɔf, -ˌɒf /

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noun

a share or amount taken or received illicitly, as in connection with a public enterprise.

a share, as of profits.

a discount in the price of a commodity: We got a 20 percent rake-off on the dishwasher.

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Origin of rake-off

1885–90, Americanism; noun use of verb phrase rake off

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How to use rake-off in a sentence

Although the blood-spattered offices will be off-limits, staff have vowed to continue producing the magazine.
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The off-year special election into which Duke threw himself drew little media notice at first.
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A far-off volley rumbled over the plain, and a few birds stirred uneasily among the trees.
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Harrowing makes finer the lumps near the surface, and mixes the fertilizer deeper than a rake can be used.
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There was something about the man that Matt liked, in spite of the deceit he had practised at the start-off of their acquaintance.
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British Dictionary definitions for rake-off

rake-off

/ slang /

noun

a share of profits, esp one that is illegal or given as a bribe

verb rake off

(tr, adverb) to take or receive (such a share of profits)

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Other Idioms and Phrases with rake-off

rake off

Make an unlawful profit, as in They suspected her of raking off some of the campaign contributions for her personal use. This expression alludes to the raking of chips by an attendant at a gambling table. [Late 1800s]

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