Associations to the word «Vigorish»
Noun
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Wiktionary
VIGORISH, noun. (uncountable) (slang) A charge taken on bets, as by a bookie or gambling establishment.
VIGORISH, noun. (uncountable) (slang) The interest on a loan of money, especially for loans made by a usurer or loan shark.
VIGORISH, noun. (countable) (slang) An amount owed on account of or payment of a bookie's charge or of interest.
Dictionary definition
VIGORISH, noun. An exorbitant or unlawful rate of interest.
VIGORISH, noun. A percentage (of winnings or loot or profit) taken by an operator or gangster.
Wise words
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike
fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the
new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.