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vig

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See also: Vig and víg

English

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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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[2], →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”)

Albanian

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Etymology

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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]

Noun

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

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

Declension

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Declension of vig
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative vig vigu vigje vigjet
accusative vigun
dative vigu vigut vigjeve vigjeve
ablative vigjesh

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 418

Danish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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

Noun

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vig c (singular definite vigen, plural indefinite vige)

  1. inlet (arm of the sea)
Declension
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Declension of vig
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative vig vigen vige vigene
genitive vigs vigens viges vigenes
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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vig

  1. imperative of vige

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Old Norse vígr.

Noun

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

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

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Hungarian vég.

Noun

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vig n (plural viguri)

  1. bolt of fabric

Declension

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singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative vig vigul viguri vigurile
genitive-dative vig vigului viguri vigurilor
vocative vigule vigurilor

Swedish

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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vig

  1. imperative of viga

Adjective

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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

Declension

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Inflection of vig
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular vig vigare vigast
neuter singular vigt vigare vigast
plural viga vigare vigast
masculine plural2 vige vigare vigast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 vige vigare vigaste
all viga vigare vigaste

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

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Anagrams

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Volapük

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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vig (nominative plural vigs)

  1. week
  2. sennight, sevennight

Declension

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declension of vig
singular plural
nominative vig vigs
genitive viga vigas
dative vige viges
accusative vigi vigis
vocative 1 o vig! o vigs!
predicative 2 vigu vigus
  • 1 status as a case is disputed
  • 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only
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