vigorish
[ vig-er-ish ]
nounSlang.
a charge paid on a bet, as to a bookie.
interest paid to a moneylender, especially a usurer.
Origin of vigorish
11910–15, Americanism; earlier viggresh, perhaps < an adaptation in Yiddish slang of Ukrainian výgrash or Russian výigrysh winnings, profit
- Also called vig [vig] /vɪg/ .
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How to use vigorish in a sentence
Watch for the agency to slap still more restraints on Comcast as a vigorish for letting it buy Time Warner Cable.
A Deal Between Apple and Comcast Could Kill Netflix and Change the Future of Net-TV | Dennis Kneale | March 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBig gambling layouts know within minutes if a table is not making its vigorish.
Vigorish | Gordon Randall GarrettOf course, I could have let the table's six per cent vigorish take it away from me, but that would have taken longer.
Vigorish | Gordon Randall GarrettOnce in a while it gives you a little more vigorish than the other guy has, that's all.
Vigorish | Gordon Randall Garrett"But you had enough vigorish to catch them," she pointed out.
Vigorish | Gordon Randall Garrett
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