VIGORISH


Meaning of VIGORISH in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈvi-gə-rish ]

noun

Etymology: perhaps from Ukrainian vygrash or Russian vyigrysh winnings, profit

Date: 1912

1. : a charge taken (as by a bookie or a gambling house) on bets ; also : the degree of such a charge

a vigorish of five percent

2. : interest paid to a moneylender

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