Rake
121rake-off — / reɪk ɒf/ noun a person’s share of profits from a deal, especially if obtained illegally ● The group gets a rake off on all the company’s sales. ● He got a £100,000 rake off for introducing the new business. (NOTE: The plural is rake offs.) …
122rake-off — noun Etymology: rake off, verb; from the use of a rake by a croupier to collect the operator s profits in a gambling casino Date: 1888 a percentage or cut taken (as by an operator) …
123Rake’s Progress — a series of eight paintings (1733–5) by William Hogarth telling the story of a rake (= a fashionable young man who leads a wild and immoral life) who finally dies in Bedlam (= a hospital in London for the mentally ill). Hogarth later made the… …
124rake-off — /rayk awf , of /, n. 1. a share or amount taken or received illicitly, as in connection with a public enterprise. 2. a share, as of profits. 3. a discount in the price of a commodity: We got a 20 percent rake off on the dishwasher. [1885 90, Amer …
125rake sth off — UK US rake sth off Phrasal Verb with rake({{}}/reɪk/ verb ► to take part of the money or profit that someone earns, used especially when this seems unfair or too much: »The fund management business rakes off a significant chunk of an investment s …
126rake off — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms rake off : present tense I/you/we/they rake off he/she/it rakes off present participle raking off past tense raked off past participle raked off informal to take a part of the profits from something,… …
127rake handle — noun the handle of a rake • Hypernyms: ↑handle, ↑grip, ↑handgrip, ↑hold • Part Holonyms: ↑rake …
128rake something up — REMIND PEOPLE OF, recollect, remember, call to mind; drag up, dredge up. → rake * * * ˌrake sthˈup derived (informal, disapproving) to mention sth unpleasant that happened in the past and that other people would like t …
