Definition of "rake-off" []

• Informal A percentage or share of the profits of an enterprise, especially one given or accepted as a bribe. (noun)

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• "Much easier, says one old-lady manufacturer to a smart young gigafund manager, for her to make and market her own product, and keep the money just like Mr. Doctorow, than for him to find and fund a hundred products and take a rake-off."
• "Fans of Stinson's work (or those wanting to learn more) may be interested to know that a new Monograph has been published: Charles R. Stinson Architects: Compositions in Nature. (and, no, I'm not getting a rake-off on the proceeds from the book!)."
• "They consider electrical power a great blessing -- but only when the private power companies get their rake-off."