0 a dishonest or illegal share in profits that is given to someone who has been involved in making the profits
1 a large amount of money that someone gets, often unfairly, from the profits of an investment or business activity:
The service providers—those who get the rake-off—must now pay a deposit which goes into a pot that is supervised by an independent arbitrator.
In other words, this is a rather subtle means of getting a rake-off from any exchange.
The banker gets his rake-off, but the taxpayer will pay it.
This is a matter which certainly calls for some investigation, because there seems to be a big rake-off by somebody.
I hate to use the word "rake-off," but ugly words sometimes bring out a point more clearly.
In this case, such rake-off as is permitted goes to those running this industry.
That is the wrong way to allow the surplus to filter through, as it enables a rake-off before it gets through.
Agents get a percentage rake-off on the compensation settlement.
