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rake-off

rake-off noun: a percentage of an amount of money taken by a third-party as a bribe, as part of an unlawful enterprise, or as a commission from the pot of a casino game.

Noun

rake-off (plural rake-offs)

  1. A percentage of an amount of money taken by a third-party as a bribe, as part of an unlawful enterprise, or as a commission from the pot of a casino game.
    • The local party machines took control of the cajas, the local savings banks. They encouraged them to lend to developers, in many cases taking a rake-off for party coffers.2012 November 24, “Spain and Catalonia: The trials of keeping a country together”, in The Economist

Forms of rake-off

pluralrake-offs

Questions about rake-off

What does rake-off mean?
Rake-off means a percentage of an amount of money taken by a third-party as a bribe, as part of an unlawful enterprise, or as a commission from the pot of a casino game.
What part of speech is rake-off?
Rake-off is a noun.
What is the plural of rake-off?
The plural of rake-off is rake-offs.

Words near rake-off in the dictionary

  1. rake-and-scrape
  2. rake-hell
  3. rake-hells
  4. rake-helly
  5. rake-n-scrape
  6. rake-off
  7. rake-offs
  8. rake-stepping
  9. rake-steppings
  10. rakeable
  11. rakeback

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