vig

FREQ #36327

n. = vigorish [缩略]

发音

AU /vɪɡ/

词形变化

vigs 复数 vigs

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Synonym of vigorish (“charge taken on bets”).

    可数 俚语 不可数
  2. 2.

    Synonym of vigorish (“interest from a loan, as from a loan shark”).

    美国 可数 俚语 不可数

    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).

  3. 3.

    Synonym of vigorish (“commission, finder's fee, or similar extra charge”).

    可数 不可数

词源

Clipping of vigorish, from Yiddish וויגריש (vigrish), from Russian вы́игрыш (výigryš, “winnings”).

来源：wiktionary