- the advantage in betting odds that a bookmaker or gambler creates to produce profit
- excessive interest as charged by a loan shark
Origin of vigorish
probably via Yiddish from Russian vyigryš, winnings, profitvigorish
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vigorish
noun
Slang- A fee charged for the placement of bets by an illegal gambling broker or establishment.
- Frequent and excessive interest payments charged by an illegal moneylender.
- The payment of such fees or interest.
Origin of vigorish
Yiddish slang from Russian vyigrysh winnings vy- out ; see ud- in Indo-European roots. igrat' to playTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Noun
(countable and uncountable, plural vigorishes)
Origin
From Yiddish slang, from the Russian выигрыш (vyigrysh, “winnings").
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