vig
/vɪɡ/
vig noun: synonym of vigorish (“charge taken on bets”).
Noun (1)
vig (countable and uncountable, plural vigs)
- Synonym of vigorish (“charge taken on bets”).
- 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.1984, John Patrick, Craps, →ISBN, page 11
- 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%.2009, Wayne L. Winston, Mathletics: How Gamblers, Managers, and Sports Enthusiasts Use Mathematics, page 256
- Synonyms:
- vigorish
- Synonym of vigorish (“interest from a loan, as from a loan shark”).
- “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).1973, Martin Scorsese, Mardik Martin (screenplay), Mean Streets, quoted in 2009, Ellis Cashmore, Martin Scorsese's America, page 118
- 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.)2005, F. P. Lione, The Crossroads (Midtown Blue Book; 2), page 100
- Synonyms:
- vigorish
- Synonym of vigorish (“commission, finder's fee, or similar extra charge”).
- “Charlie, sign here, here and here.” “So, you're giving me all your money.” “Charlie, for the 500th time, I'm not giving it to you. It's not yours. I'm just setting up a temporary account in your name. What my wife can't find, she can't get.” “Right. That's-- This is good. This is shady, Frank. I...2006 July 6, Charlie Day & Glenn Howerton & Rob McElhenney, “Dennis and Dee Go on Welfare” (5:41 from the start), in It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, season 2, episode 3, spoken by Charlie Kelly...
- Synonyms:
- vigorish
Noun (2) capitalized: VIG
VIG (plural VIGs)
- Initialism of voter information guide.
- Elections officials aim to send out the VIGs before voters get their ballots. By law, all elections officials must mail the VIG no sooner than 40 days or later than 21 days before an election, or no later than 10 days if the voter was registered later on in the process. Elec. Code §§ 9094, 13303.2025 October 3 (last accessed), “Get Your County Voter Information Guide and Sample Ballot Online”, in Nevada County, California, archived from the original on 04 Oct 2025
Proper noun capitalized: Vig
Vig (plural Vigs)
- A surname.
Examples of vig in a sentence
- The vig is like your "tax" paid on a bet which goes to the bookie.2016, Mark Andersch, By an Addict, for an Addict, →ISBN:
- Plus the missing vigs, but I need some help first."2009, Davinia Bostick, The Match, →ISBN, page 91:
- So what's the vig?” “The vig?” “Yeah, man.2006 July 6, Charlie Day & Glenn Howerton & Rob McElhenney, “Dennis and Dee Go on Welfare” (5:41 from the start), in It's Always Sunny in...
Synonyms of vig
Forms of vig
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | vigs |
| plural | VIGs |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Vigs |
Origin of vig
Clipping of vigorish, from Yiddish וויגריש (vigrish), from Russian вы́игрыш (výigryš, “winnings”).
Words that rhyme with vig
Questions about vig
- What does vig mean?
- Vig means synonym of vigorish (“charge taken on bets”).
- How do you use vig in a sentence?
- The vig is like your "tax" paid on a bet which goes to the bookie.
- What part of speech is vig?
- Vig can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce vig?
- Vig is pronounced /vɪɡ/.
- What is the plural of vig?
- The plural of vig is vigs.
Words near vig in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: vig (page history and authors); VIG (page history and authors); Vig (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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