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rake-off
[reyk-awf, -of]
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.
rake-off
noun
a share of profits, esp one that is illegal or given as a bribe
verb
(tr, adverb) to take or receive (such a share of profits)
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of rake-off1
Idioms and Phrases
Example Sentences
And the double taxation — by the lottery itself and by the taxes on any winnings — means that the “benefit” even for the occasional winner further obscures the amount of the rake-off.
But the men with no fingerprints won’t permit it, those athletic directors and presidents who have subverted college athletics into a rake-off while pretending to govern them.
The Russian ministry already got what it wanted from its willing partner the IOC, which was the oligarchical rake-off from Sochi’s immense buildup.
Up to that time the two men had made a substantial rake-off six days in every week.
As it advanced there was a tightening of the tension and at the welcome “amen” there was a grand rake-off.
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