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

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

The gamblers from Genoa stopped paying their rake-off to the government.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

The divine detectives who arrest Joseph K. are brassy louts who eat his breakfast, try to get a rake-off by sending out for his food, try to make off with his shirt and underwear.

From Time Magazine Archive

All they had to do with the shipbuilding was to bank their rake-off.

From Burned Bridges by Sinclair, Bertrand W.

rake-off

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