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- Dictionaryrake-off/ˈreɪkɒf/
noun
- 1. a commission or share of the profits from a deal, especially one that is disreputable: informal "corrupt officials have more chance of a rake-off when expensive goods are involved"
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a large amount of money that someone gets, often unfairly, from the profits of an investment or business activity: Company bosses are already making a large rake-off from executive share options. (Definition of rake-off from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
The meaning of RAKE-OFF is a percentage or cut taken (as by an operator). How to use rake-off in a sentence.
a large amount of money that someone gets, often unfairly, from the profits of an investment or business activity: Company bosses are already making a large rake-off from executive share options.
Definition of rake-off noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
2 meanings: 1. a share of profits, esp one that is illegal or given as a bribe rake off 2. to take or receive (such a share of.... Click for more definitions.
Rake-off definition: a share or amount taken or received illicitly, as in connection with a public enterprise.. See examples of RAKE-OFF used in a sentence.
Define rake-off. rake-off synonyms, rake-off pronunciation, rake-off translation, English dictionary definition of rake-off. n. Informal A percentage or share of the profits of an enterprise, especially one given or accepted as a bribe.