Vigorish
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[Vigorish], or [vig], meaning the juice, or interest collected when a loan is paid back [overdue].
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An excessive rate of interest on a loan, typically one from an illegal moneylender.
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[Interest] [paid] to a [loan shark]
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a charge made on [bets] by a casino or similar
establishment
interest on a [loan], especially applied to loans made by
usurers or loan [sharks]
(from Yiddish, from Russian, Vyigrish profits)
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