Bookie Terms
3/27/2022
Vigorish (also known as juice, under-juice, the cut, the take, the margin, the house edge or simply the vig) is the fee charged by a bookmaker (or bookie) for accepting a gambler's wager. In American English it can also refer to the interest owed a loanshark in consideration for credit. Definition of BOOKIE (noun): a bookmaker. Definition and synonyms of bookie from the online English dictionary from Macmillan Education. This is the British English definition of bookie.
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book·ie
(bo͝ok′ē)n.
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
bookie
(ˈbʊkɪ) n (Gambling, except Cards) informal short for bookmaker
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
book•mak•er
(ˈbʊkˌmeɪ kər)n.
1. a person who makes a business of accepting the bets of others on the outcome of sports contests, esp. of horse races.
2. a person who designs, prints, or manufactures books.
book′mak`ing,n., adj.
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
| Noun | 1. | bookie - a gambler who accepts and pays off bets (especially on horse races) gambler - a person who wagers money on the outcome of games or sporting events |
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Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
bookie
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
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