vig (countable and uncountable, plural vigs)
(slang) A charge taken on bets, as by a bookie or gambling establishment.
(US slang, crime) Interest from a loan shark's loan.
A commission, finder's fee, or similar extra charge.
• (gambling charge): cut, juice, overround, rake, rake-off, take, vigorish
• (loan shark's interest): vigorish
• (extra charge)
Vig (plural Vigs)
A surname.
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Vig is the 23576th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1077 individuals. Vig is most common among White (75.21%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (18.85%) individuals.
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25 June 2025
(noun) a state of being confined (usually for a short time); “his detention was politically motivated”; “the prisoner is on hold”; “he is in the custody of police”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
