vig

/ (vɪɡ) /

noun

US slang the interest on a loan that is paid to a moneylender

Origin of vig

C20: short for vigorish, prob. via Yiddish from Russian vyigrysh profit, winnings

Words Nearby vig

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How to use vig in a sentence

For example, vaccinia immune globulin, or vig, is stored and ready for the next person who becomes ill from smallpox vaccine.
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Drtt thotti sa dauglingr vera quado meth gumnom god-r kominn; sialfr gecc visi or vig thrimo ungum fra itrlauc grami.
Teutonic Mythology, Vol. 1 of 3 | Viktor Rydberg, Ph.D.
The goals are go-ji-ga', the ball, ta-ma-na'-da, and the playing stick ta-so-vig'-a.
The Indians of the Painted Desert Region | George Wharton James
Mind you, it ain't no vig'lance committee, but a mob, that's got him.
Faro Nell and Her Friends | Alfred Henry Lewis
A vig'lance committee is the coolest kind of comin' together of the integrity an' the brains of a commoonity.
Faro Nell and Her Friends | Alfred Henry Lewis

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