rake-off

1. 1.

   a percentage (of winnings or loot or profit) taken by an operator or gangster

   Synonymsvigorish

   Broadercut

Questions about rake-off

What does rake-off mean?

rake-off means "a percentage (of winnings or loot or profit) taken by an operator or gangster".

How many syllables are in rake-off?

rake-off has 3 syllables: ra-ke--off. The stress falls on "ra".

What is another word for rake-off?

Close synonyms include vigorish. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is rake-off a common word?

rake-off is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.