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.
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Donaldson has 389 million subscribers on YouTube, as well as 67.8 million followers on Instagram, 115.3 million followers on TikTok and 32.5 million followers on X.
In 2022, Forbes reported Donaldson may soon be the first YouTuber billionaire, raking in approximately $54 million per year.
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Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025
The exclusive theatrical window was 40 days to Premium VOD, which didn’t ding any money but rather raked in more with a record $100M haul for Universal included in the $150M home entertainment revenues above.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 28 Apr. 2025
Paul Yeung | Bloomberg | Getty Images WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump and his allies have raked in nearly $900,000 in trading fees over the past two days from the president’s $TRUMP cryptocurrency token, according to Chainalysis, a blockchain data company.
—Mackenzie Sigalos,kevin Collier, CNBC, 25 Apr. 2025
BofA topped estimates for first-quarter profit as interest income grew and volatile markets helped its stock traders rake in a record haul.
—Saeed Azhar and Arasu Kannagi Basil, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2025
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Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025
The exclusive theatrical window was 40 days to Premium VOD, which didn’t ding any money but rather raked in more with a record $100M haul for Universal included in the $150M home entertainment revenues above.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 28 Apr. 2025
Paul Yeung | Bloomberg | Getty Images WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump and his allies have raked in nearly $900,000 in trading fees over the past two days from the president’s $TRUMP cryptocurrency token, according to Chainalysis, a blockchain data company.
—Mackenzie Sigalos,kevin Collier, CNBC, 25 Apr. 2025
BofA topped estimates for first-quarter profit as interest income grew and volatile markets helped its stock traders rake in a record haul.
—Saeed Azhar and Arasu Kannagi Basil, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2025
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“Rake in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rake%20in. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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