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vig

Tarkoititko: vigvami

Liittyvät sanat: vigilia, vigvami.

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englanti puhekieltä A charge taken on bets, as by a bookie or gambling establishment.
2009, Wayne L. Winston, Mathletics: How Gamblers, Managers, and Sports Enthusiasts Use Mathematics, http://books.google.com.au/books?id=QLI3JJ9CD5QC&pg=PA256&dq=%22vig%22%7C%22vigs%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=kg8GUqfXJcTKkwWNuoFY&redir_esc=yv=onepage&q=%22vig%22%7C%22vigs%22&f=false page 256,
The bookmaker's mean profit per dollar bet is called vigorish or “the vig.” In our example, 11 + 11 = $22 is bet, and the bookmaker wins $1 so the vig is 1/22 = 4.5%.
puhekieltä Interest from a loan shark's loan.
1973, w:Martin Scorsese|Martin Scorsese, w:Mardik Martin|Mardik Martin (screenplay), w:Mean Streets|Mean Streets, quoted in 2009, Ellis Cashmore, Martin Scorseses America'', http://books.google.com.au/books?id=mJ-58uKdE7IC&pg=PA118&dq=%22vig%22%7C%22vigs%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=kg8GUqfXJcTKkwWNuoFY&redir_esc=yv=onepage&q=%22vig%22%7C%22vigs%22&f=false page 118,
“You charged a guy from the neighborhood $1800 vig?” he asks incredulously (“vig” is short for vigorish, meaning a rate of interest from a loan from an illegal moneylender).
2005, F. P. Lione, The Crossroads, Midtown Blue Book 2, http://books.google.com.au/books?id=St7_zF_znAcC&pg=PA100&dq=%22vig%22%7C%22vigs%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=XxYGUtuYB4eLkwXFx4DwDA&redir_esc=yv=onepage&q=%22vig%22%7C%22vigs%22&f=false page 100,
The guy was probably professional muscle, a leg breaker who collects vig for a loan shark. (Vig is a mob term for interest on loans to a loan shark.)
A commission, finder's fee, or similar extra charge.
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(of a person) limber, supple
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