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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 gangsterplay

  Familiarity information: RAKE-OFF used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


RAKE-OFF (noun)


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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