Rake Off

Much easier, says one old-lady manufacturer to a smart young gigafund manager, for her to make and market her own product, and keep the money just like Mr. Doctorow, than for him to find and fund a hundred products and take a rake-off. ❋ Tom Shippey (2011)

Fans of Stinson's work (or those wanting to learn more) may be interested to know that a new Monograph has been published: Charles R. Stinson Architects: Compositions in Nature. (and, no, I'm not getting a rake-off on the proceeds from the book!). ❋ Unknown (2008)

They consider electrical power a great blessing -- but only when the private power companies get their rake-off. ❋ Unknown (2009)

You could tell that the Republicans were up to their eyeballs in the Iraqi oil-for-food rake-off from all the transference-projection they did about it. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Click here to watch our new video of the leaf rake-off and see which method wins the battle. ❋ Unknown (2007)

A considerable amount of tax collection is now done, in effect, by casinos; rather than raise taxes to pay for services, legislatures legalize gambling and then take a rake-off from the profits earned by private casino companies. ❋ Murphy, Cullen (2007)

With the US gummint taking a sudden interest in squashing internet gambling sites, probably related to a lack of tax or graft rake-off therein, I was wondering something. ❋ Jhetley (2006)

Mr. Kerrigan, at the thought of these hearty aldermen accustomed to all the perquisites of graft and rake-off, leaned back and gave vent to a burst of deep-chested laughter. ❋ Unknown (2004)

So there won't be much of an opportunity for a rake-off here, otherwise the whole thing will collapse. ❋ ITY National Archives (1993)

This was where Prior Philip was spending his rake-off from the market, William thought sourly. ❋ FOLLETT, Ken (1989)

They have revivals: one preacher'll go and preach there and get a big rake-off, he'll exchange with somebody else. ❋ Unknown (1976)

She failed to get her rake-off from me, but she's getting it from Pyle. ❋ Greene, Graham, 1904-1991 (1955)

Not content with the "Kitty's" rake-off, every stud poker table had one or more "cappers" sitting in, to whom the dealers could occasionally throw ❋ Edgar Beecher Bronson (N/A)

Whatever Burke done, it was Mann behind him; and when Burke got a rake-off of a thousand, Mann got two. ❋ Helen M. Winslow (N/A)

Hasn't he held me up and made me pay a good rake-off from every deal I've been lucky enough to make a little on? ❋ Merwin-Webster (N/A)

They sold it to the Jews, making a tremendous rake-off. ❋ Ruth Pierce (N/A)

He gets a rake-off every time a man buys and every time a man sells. ❋ William Crosbie Hunter (N/A)

Isn't this a monumental rake-off for a non-profesh? ❋ Robert Fitzgerald (N/A)

True, a few gems were found, but nothing to compare with their rake-off. ❋ Lawrence J. Leslie (N/A)