Main Entry: vig·o·rish

Pronunciation: \ˈvi-gə-rish\

Function: noun

Etymology: perhaps from Ukrainian vygrash or Russian vyigrysh winnings, profit

Date: 1912

1 : a charge taken (as by a bookie or a gambling house) on bets; also : the degree of such a charge <a vigorish of five percent>
2 : interest paid to a moneylender