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rake-off

rake-off
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [reyk awf, of]
    • /reɪk ɔf, ɒf/
    • /reɪk ɒf/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [reyk awf, of]
    • /reɪk ɔf, ɒf/

Definitions of rake-off word

  • noun rake-off a share or amount taken or received illicitly, as in connection with a public enterprise. 1
  • noun rake-off a share, as of profits. 1
  • noun rake-off a discount in the price of a commodity: We got a 20 percent rake-off on the dishwasher. 1
  • noun rake-off share, amount taken illegally 1
  • countable noun rake-off If someone who has helped to arrange a business deal takes or gets a rake-off, they illegally or unfairly take a share of the profits. 0
  • noun rake-off a share of profits, esp one that is illegal or given as a bribe 0
See all 8 definitions of rake-off

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Origin of rake-off

First appearance:

before 1885
One of the 21% newest English words
1885-90, Americanism; noun use of verb phrase rake off

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Parts of speech for Rake-off

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Rake-off

rake-off popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 43% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

Synonyms for rake-off

noun rake-off

  • brokerage — A brokerage or a brokerage firm is a company of brokers.
  • commission — If you commission something or commission someone to do something, you formally arrange for someone to do a piece of work for you.
  • cut-in — Movies. a still, as of a scene or an object, inserted in a film and interrupting the action or continuity: We will insert a cut-in of the letter as she reads it.
  • cutin — a waxy waterproof substance, consisting of derivatives of fatty acids, that is the main constituent of plant cuticle
  • divider — a person or thing that divides.
All 16 Synonyms of rake-off

Antonyms for rake-off

noun rake-off

  • none — to no extent; in no way; not at all: The supply is none too great.
  • one — being or amounting to a single unit or individual or entire thing, item, or object rather than two or more; a single: one woman; one nation; one piece of cake.
All 2 Antonyms of rake-off

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