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ˈrake-off slang (orig. U.S.).
Also rakeoff, rake off.
[Cf. rake n.1 2 a (a).]
A share (of the winnings in gambling, of profits, etc.), a ‘cut’; commission. (Freq. with derogatory overtones.)
1888Texas Siftings 28 Jan. 16/1 We always give him a rake-off, so he makes a good enough thing of it. 1890J. P. Quinn Fools of Fortune 188 This percentage is technically known as the ‘rake-off’, and insures the proprietors of the establishment a handsome royalty on all winnings. 1899B. Tarkington Gentleman from Indiana vii. 95 In oil it's the farmer that gets the rake-off. 1903Sun (N.Y.) 2 Nov. 3 This is a day of rake-offs. The boss..gets his rake-off from every service he renders to his party. The laborer gets his rake-off for selling his vote. 1905D. G. Phillips Plum Tree 61 It means a big rake-off for Dunkirk. Politics is on a money basis nowadays. 1914‘J. H. Keate’ Destruction of Mephisto's Greatest Web ii. 60 The slot that receives the ‘rake off’, or percentage. Ibid. iii. 91, I would do my best to prepare him a meal. This I was willing to do, as my ‘rake off’ for the night had only been ten cents. 1926E. Wallace Yellow Snake xxvii. 224 This was something more profitable than the smuggling of cocaine,..a quicker way to fortune than the rake-off of coppers from a forbidden game of fantan. 1929M. A. Gill Underworld Slang 10/1 Rake-off man, nickel taker at dice game. 1934J. T. Farrell Young Manhood viii. 121 ‘Hey, Hugo, what undertaker's giving you a rakeoff?’ interrupted Arnold Sheehan. 1934Punch 26 Dec. 722/2 Why don't you make the cost of The Club Dinner inclusive of wines and spirits? I suppose it is because the hotel where you are having the meal won't give you a rake⁓off on all liquor served? 1936[see football pool]. 1951Proc. Prehistoric Soc. XVII. 174 The Burmese ones are reputed better, and always fetch a higher price—in fact they must do so or they would never reach the western villages, as the rake-off from passing them on would be inadequate. 1959J. Cary Captive & Free lxix. 315, I didn't say fifty to you. Sorry. But the agency would give me a rake off on reprints. 1968Globe & Mail (Toronto) 3 Feb. 11/1 Police and politicians in Vancouver may be getting a rake-off from the ring. 1973‘D. Rutherford’ Kick Start viii. 174 The vendors were waiting... Obviously the courier would receive a handsome rake-off. 1977Time 31 Oct. 23/3 The President again assailed the big oil companies, charging that deregulation of natural gas prices would produce ‘big profit rake-offs and huge cost increases to the American consumers’. |