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 and divides as ra-ke--off under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

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.