Oct 09, 2014 What Is Vigorish And What Does It Mean In Sports Betting? By Doc's Sports - 10/9/2014 'Vigorish', or 'vig' for short, is a term used to describe an amount that a. Nov 27, 2019 1)the interest repayment on that loan paid back into creditor by a particular percent. 2)short for 'vigorish' used in gambling;When wagering in a straight wager (point spread or total), you lay some money to win a lesser amount of money. The essential difference between what is wagered and something won is known as the 'Juice' or 'VIG'.

1English
- 1.3Noun
2Albanian
- 2.2Noun
3Swedish
4Volapük
- 4.2Noun

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Clipping of vigorish, from Yiddishוויגריש‎ (vigrish), from Russianвы́игрыш(výigryš, “winnings”).

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /vɪɡ/
Audio (AU)
Rhymes: -ɪɡ

Noun[edit]

vig (countable and uncountable, pluralvigs)

(slang) A charge taken on bets, as by a bookie or gambling establishment.
- 1984, Patrick, John, Craps, →ISBN, page 11:
  The house sets vigs on any game they allow you to bet on. It is your responsibility to play only those games where the vig is not prohibitive. Let's take one more look at how vigorish works for the house.
- 2009, Winston, Wayne L., Mathletics: How Gamblers, Managers, and Sports Enthusiasts Use Mathematics, 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%.
- 2016, Andersch, Mark, By an Addict, for an Addict‎^[2], →ISBN:
  The vig is like your 'tax' paid on a bet which goes to the bookie. For example, every $100 I would bet, I had a vig of $10. So if I bet $500 and lost that bet, I would owe $550. Trust me, when you don't win, the vigs add up quick!
(USslang,crime) Interest from a loan shark's loan.
- 1973, Martin Scorsese, Mardik Martin (screenplay), Mean Streets, quoted in 2009, Ellis Cashmore, Martin Scorsese's America, 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, Lione, F. P., The Crossroads (Midtown Blue Book; 2), 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.)
- 2009, Bostick, Davinia, The Match, →ISBN, page 91:
  'Look, I know I owe you and I know I'm late but I'm good for it. I am. In fact I'll pay you triple what I owe. Triple! Plus the missing vigs, but I need some help first.'
A commission, finder's fee, or similar extra charge.

Synonyms[edit]

(gambling charge):cut, juice, overround, rake, rake-off, take, vigorish
(loan shark's interest):vigorish
(extra charge):

Albanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Albanian*uig-, from Proto-Indo-European*u(e)i-K-(“to revolve, turn, twist”). Cognate to Old Englishwice(“patch”) and Old Norsevik(“bight”).^[1]

Noun[edit]

vigm (indefinite pluralvigje, definite singularvigu, definite pluralvigjet)

stretcher, litter, bier, transition (consisting of beams)

Derived terms[edit]

Whats The Vig

References[edit]

^ Demiraj, Bardhyl (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: Investigations into the Albanian Inherited Lexicon] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎^[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 418

Swedish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Rhymes: -iːɡ

Verb[edit]

vig

imperative of viga.

Adjective[edit]

vig (comparativevigare, superlativevigast)

(of a person) limber, supple

Anagrams[edit]

Volapük[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): [viɡ]

Noun[edit]

What Does Vig Mean

vig (nominative pluralvigs)

sennight, sevennight

Declension[edit]

singular	plural
nominative	vig	vigs
genitive	viga	vigas
dative	vige	viges
accusative	vigi	vigis
vocative¹	ovig!	ovigs!
predicative²	vigu	vigus

In Gambling What Does Vig Mean Meaning

¹ status as a case is disputed
² in later, non-classical Volapük only

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