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rake-off definition

☆ rake·-off (-ôf′)

noun

Slang a commission, rebate, or share, esp. when received in an illegitimate transaction

Etymology: rake + off: orig. gambler's term for part of stakes raked off by the croupier as profit for the house

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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