vig

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

• IPA^(key): /vɪɡ/

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• Rhymes: -ɪɡ

vig (countable and uncountable, plural vigs)

1. (slang) Synonym of vigorish (“charge taken on bets”)
   • 1984, John Patrick, Craps, →ISBN, page 11:

     The house sets vigs on any game they allow you to bet on. It is your responsibility to play only those games where the vig is not prohibitive. Let's take one more look at how vigorish works for the house.

   • 2009, Wayne L. Winston, Mathletics: How Gamblers, Managers, and Sports Enthusiasts Use Mathematics, page 256:

     The bookmaker's mean profit per dollar bet is called vigorish or “the vig.” In our example, 11 + 11 = $22 is bet, and the bookmaker wins $1 so the vig is 1/22 = 4.5%.

   • 2016, Mark Andersch, By an Addict, for an Addict‎, →ISBN:

     The vig is like your "tax" paid on a bet which goes to the bookie. For example, every $100 I would bet, I had a vig of $10. So if I bet $500 and lost that bet, I would owe $550. Trust me, when you don't win, the vigs add up quick!

2. (US slang, crime) Synonym of vigorish (“interest from a loan, as from a loan shark”)
   • 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).

   • 2005, F. P. Lione, The Crossroads (Midtown Blue Book; 2), page 100:

     The guy was probably professional muscle, a leg breaker who collects vig for a loan shark. (Vig is a mob term for interest on loans to a loan shark.)

   • 2009, Davinia Bostick, The Match, →ISBN, page 91:

     "Look, I know I owe you and I know I'm late but I'm good for it. I am. In fact I'll pay you triple what I owe. Triple! Plus the missing vigs, but I need some help first."

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

From Proto-Albanian *uig-, from Proto-Indo-European *weyk- (“to revolve, turn, twist”). Cognate to Old English wice (“patch”) and Old Norse vik (“bight”).[1]

vig m (plural vigje, definite vigu, definite plural vigjet)

1. stretcher, litter, bier, transition (consisting of beams)

• vigan

• Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “vig”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 507

• IPA^(key): /viːˀ/, [ˈʋiˀ]
• Homophone: hvi

From Old Norse vík, from Proto-Germanic *wīkō (“village; inlet”), cognate with Norwegian, Swedish vik, English wick, Dutch wijk. Borrowed from Latin vīcus.

vig c (singular definite vigen, plural indefinite vige)

1. inlet (arm of the sea)

• mundvig

• “vig” in Den Danske Ordbog

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

vig

1. imperative of vige

From Old Norse vígr.

vig m (definite singular vigen, indefinite plural vigar, definite plural vigane)

1. fight, battle (only used in given names)

Male given names:

Female given names:

• “vig” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring
• Eivind Vågslid (1988) Norderlendske fyrenamn (in Norwegian Nynorsk), →ISBN, page 398

Borrowed from Hungarian vég.

vig n (plural viguri)

1. bolt of fabric

• IPA^(key): /viːɡ/
• Rhymes: -iːɡ

vig

1. imperative of viga

vig (comparative vigare, superlative vigast)

1. (of a person) limber, supple

   Han var så vig att han kunde lägga foten bakom huvudet

   He was so flexible that he could put his foot behind his head

• vig in Svensk ordbok.

• giv

• IPA^(key): [viɡ]

vig (nominative plural vigs)

1. week
2. sennight, sevennight