rake-off

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rake-off

(rāk′ôf′, -ŏf′)

n. Informal

A percentage or share of the profits of an enterprise, especially one given or accepted as a bribe.

[From the rake used by a croupier in a gambling house.]

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

rake-off

a share of profits, esp one that is illegal or given as a bribe

(tr, adverb) to take or receive (such a share of profits)

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

rake′-off`

1. a share or amount taken or received illicitly.

2. a share, as of profits.

[1885–90, Amer.]

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Noun

rake-off - a percentage (of winnings or loot or profit) taken by an operator or gangster

vigorish

cut - a share of the profits; "everyone got a cut of the earnings"

Translations

rake-off

[ˈreɪkɒf] N → comisión f, tajada f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

rake-off

n (inf) → (Gewinn)anteil m, → Prozente pl (inf)

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

rake-off

[ˈreɪkˌɒf] n (fam) (share of profit) → parte f, fetta

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

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