To earn or accumulate a large amount of money, often quickly or easily.
To make a lot of money, usually very fast or without much effort.
2 meanings, ordered from most common to least. Color-coded by CEFR level.
To earn or collect a large amount of money, especially quickly or easily.
"The film raked in over a hundred million dollars in its opening weekend."
Apple raked in $83.4 billion in revenue last quarter.
— Forbes, 2022
To gather or accumulate something in large quantities (not only money).
"The charity event raked in donations from across the country."
To pull scattered things together with a rake — gathering everything into a pile.
To make a lot of money, usually very fast or without much effort.
Usually implies the amounts are impressively large, and sometimes suggests the earnings are easy or undeserved. Common in journalism and casual speech. The object is typically money or profit-related nouns.
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