vigorish

[ vig-er-ish ]
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nounSlang.
  1. a charge paid on a bet, as to a bookie.

  2. interest paid to a moneylender, especially a usurer.

Origin of vigorish

1
1910–15, 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.

  • Big gambling layouts know within minutes if a table is not making its vigorish.

    Vigorish | Gordon Randall Garrett
  • Of 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 Garrett
  • Once 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