rake in

phrasal verb

raked in; raking in; rakes in

informal

: to earn or receive (a large amount of money)

The movie raked in over $300 million.

Examples of rake in in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Pirates could rake in 100 to 1,000 times the salary of an Anglo-American sailor. —Sean Kingsley, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 May 2024

Per a fact sheet from the FAIR Fees Act of 2019, the 10 largest global airlines raked in $35.2 billion in fees in 2018, compared to just $1.2 billion in 2007. —Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 14 May 2024

Capcom is reportedly raking in more revenue than even before, in large part due to sales of Street Fighter 6 and Dragon's Dogma 2. —Kate Irwin, PCMAG, 10 May 2024

Unlike that first primary four years ago, Boebert now has a huge fundraising advantage, by a factor of 10: She's raked in close to $3.5 million compared to the $356,000 raised by the next-highest fundraiser, Flora. —Kaleigh Rogers, ABC News, 10 May 2024

According to its quarterly earning's report, Uber's Delivery operations raked in $3.2 billion for the first quarter of 2024, with adjusted profits of $528 million. —Sara Chernikoff, USA TODAY, 9 May 2024

Kardashian’s celebrity shapewear brand raked in $330 million in venture capital funding last year, the second-highest among L.A.-area companies. —Jenny Gold, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2024

Drake, too, raked in millions of streams and Instagram views for his own missives. —TIME, 7 May 2024

Some felt underpaid at a time when the company was raking in profits due to the pandemic. —Stephan Bisaha, NPR, 6 May 2024