Did you know that 'vig' is actually Yiddish?

'Vig' is a word borrowed from Yiddish 'vigorish'. The word entered the English language some time around 1968.

vig [noun] [1968]

Vigorish

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note: US slang the interest on a loan that is paid to a moneylender.
Etymology: -

See more loan words from 1960s.