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rake-off noun

• a commission or share of the profits from a deal, especially one that is disreputable.
• "corrupt officials have more chance of a rake-off when expensive goods are involved"
Similar: share, cut, percentage, dividend, commission, portion, part, half, ration, allocation, allotment, measure, apportionment, whack, slice of the cake, piece of the action,


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