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RAKE-OFF
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Dictionary entry overview: What does rake-off mean?
• RAKE-OFF (noun)
The noun RAKE-OFF has 1 sense:
1. a percentage (of winnings or loot or profit) taken by an operator or gangster
Familiarity information: RAKE-OFF used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A percentage (of winnings or loot or profit) taken by an operator or gangster
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Synonyms:
rake-off; vigorish
Hypernyms ("rake-off" is a kind of...):
cut (a share of the profits)
Derivation:
rake off (take money from an illegal transaction)
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