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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

"privilege of making a bet"

I was watching a TV series named "two and a half man" and im big fan of that. There are two lines in season2 episode 1 when Alen said
"You're charging him for the privilege of making a bet?"
"minus the vig"
I dont quite understand the meaning of "the privilege of making a bet" and "minus the vig".
need help! thanks
  

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Hi It's a little tricky without more context, but "vig" is slang for the profit that you make from lending someone some money (it seems to come from the Russian: vyigrysh). So it looks like ... - You don't usually charge someone if they are making a bet with you - No, but he owes me money, so I am taking the opportunity to get some of that back Dave

— Dave_anon

  • Hi It's a little tricky without more context, but "vig" is slang for the profit that you make from lending someone some money (it seems to come from the Russian: vyigrysh).
  • So it looks like ...
  • - You don't usually charge someone if they are making a bet with you - No, but he owes me money, so I am taking the opportunity to get some of that back Dave
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Hi

It's a little tricky without more context, but "vig" is slang for the profit that you make from lending someone some money (it seems to come from the Russian: vyigrysh). So it looks like ...

- You don't usually charge someone if they are making a bet with you

- No, but he owes me money, so I am taking the opportunity to get some of that back

Dave
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Thanks for your help.You are warmhearted!Emotion: smile
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