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Definitions

rake-off

[reyk-awf, -of] / ˈreɪkˌɔf, -ˌɒf /
NOUN
allotment
Synonyms
STRONGEST
allocation allowance appropriation quota ration
STRONG
apportionment bite chunk cut end grant lot measure part piece share slice split stint
WEAK
cut of pie piece of the action
Antonyms
STRONG
whole
NOUN
commission
Synonyms
STRONGEST
fee
STRONG
allowance ante bite bonus brokerage chunk compensation cut cut-in discount end indemnity juice pay payment percentage piece remuneration royalty salary slice stipend taste vigorish
WEAK
factorage piece of the action
Antonyms
STRONG
increase whole
NOUN
division
Synonyms
STRONGEST
affiliate branch category class department section sector segment share split
STRONG
associate border boundary chunk compartment cut degree demarcation divide dividend divider divvy end fraction fragment grouping head kind lobe lump member moiety offshoot parcel partition piece portion ramification slice sort subdivision wedge
WEAK
dividing line piece of action
Antonyms
STRONGEST
whole
STRONG
cause entirety inside interior origin total
WEAK
accord agreement connection juncture system unification unison unity
NOUN
fee
Synonyms
STRONGEST
account bill commission compensation cost cut expense pay payment price reward salary share stipend wage
STRONG
ante bite chunk consideration emolument end gravy handle hire honorarium house juice percentage piece recompense remuneration royalty slice take take in toll
WEAK
piece of the action
Antonyms
STRONGEST
penalty
STRONG
debt
NOUN
parcel
Synonyms
STRONGEST
chunk portion
STRONG
bite cut division member moiety section segment slice
WEAK
lion's share piece of the action
Antonyms
STRONG
whole
WEAK
none one
NOUN
share
Synonyms
STRONGEST
contribution dividend division interest part percentage proportion stake
STRONG
allowance apportionment bite chunk claim commission cut divide divvy dose drag due end fraction fragment helping heritage lagniappe lot measure meed parcel piece pittance plum points quantum quota quotient ration royalty segment serving slice split taste whack
WEAK
cut in cut up fifty-fifty halver partage quotum
Antonyms
STRONGEST
whole
STRONG
entirety total

Example Sentences

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But the men with no fingerprints won’t permit it, those athletic directors and presidents who have subverted college athletics into a rake-off while pretending to govern them.

From Washington Post • Feb. 21, 2019

Though most officers are dissatisfied with this explanation, few, if any, believe that there is any rake-off at the top.

From Time Magazine Archive

Their proposition was to get the manufacturers Government contracts in return for a 3% rake-off.

From Time Magazine Archive

Theatre treasurers, as well as a number of managers, receive from the agencies a rake-off of anywhere from 25� to $2 a ticket for preferred locations.

From Time Magazine Archive

True, a few gems were found, but nothing to compare with their rake-off.

From Chums of the Camp Fire by Leslie, Lawrence J.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.