Fee collected by a bookmaker, casino, or loanshark.
1In all casinos, the games have a built-in " house edge", the profit taken from each bet.
2The red tiles of the houses edging the great square were gilded with yellow houseleeks.
3The low houses edging it are of stone, faced with a whity-grey, and have a sleepy, lack-lustre air about them, even under the sun's rays.