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Significados de vigorish en inglés

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An exorbitant or unlawful rate of interest.

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Fee collected by a bookmaker, casino, or loanshark.

Sinónimos
Examples for "usury"
Examples for "usury"
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Or consider the attitude of the Church in the matter of usury.
The Profits of Religion: An Essay in Economic Interpretation
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This was popular with the public because of the abuses of usury.
Our Legal Heritage : 600-1776 King Aethelbert - King George III
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The word usury was very odious to the Christian mind and conscience.
Usury / A Scriptural, Ethical and Economic View
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Thou art become a man of substance; and hast moneys at usury.
Shakespeare's Insomnia, and the Causes Thereof
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The one wrote a Jeremiad about usury, and was called Jeremy Bentham.
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 4

A percentage (of winnings or loot or profit) taken by an operator or gangster.

Uso de vigorish en inglés
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Big gambling layouts know within minutes if a table is not making its vigorish.
Vigorish
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Once in a while it gives you a little more vigorish than the other guy has, that's all.
Vigorish
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That's its vigorish-itspercentage.
Vigorish
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That slim advantage, which is known as the vigorish, or the vig, is all the bookie has going for him... .
The new yorker
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One word from Johnny about an executive with vigorish problems was all that was needed for the gang to offer their lending services.
The outfit: the role of chicago's underworld in the shaping of m...
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Of course, I could have let the table's six per cent vigorish take it away from me, but that would have taken longer.
Vigorish
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"But you had enough vigorish to catch them," she pointed out.
Vigorish
Colocaciones frecuentes
Translations for vigorish
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Vigorish a través del tiempo