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View synonyms for vigorish

vigorish

[vig-er-ish]

noun

Slang.
  1. a charge paid on a bet, as to a bookie.

  2. interest paid to a moneylender, especially a usurer.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of vigorish1

1910–15, earlier viggresh, perhaps < an adaptation in Yiddish slang of Ukrainian výgrash or Russian výigrysh winnings, profit

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