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Large vs Vig - What's the difference?

large | vig |

As adjectives the difference between large and vig

is that large is of considerable or relatively great size or extent while vig is joyful, happy.

As a noun large

is (music|obsolete) an old musical note, equal to two longas, four breves, or eight semibreves.

large

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Of considerable or relatively great size or extent.
  • *
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  • (obsolete) Abundant; ample.
  • * Milton
    • We have yet large day.
  • (archaic) Full in statement; diffuse; profuse.
  • * Felton
    • I might be very large upon the importance and advantages of education.
  • (obsolete) Free; unencumbered.
  • * Fairfax
    • Of burdens all he set the Paynims large .
  • (obsolete) Unrestrained by decorum; said of language.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Some large jests he will make.
  • (nautical) Crossing the line of a ship's course in a favorable direction; said of the wind when it is abeam, or between the beam and the quarter.

    • Synonyms

    (checksyns) * big, huge, giant, gigantic, enormous, stour, great, mickle, largeish * See also

    Antonyms

    * small, tiny, minuscule

    Derived terms

    * as large as life, larger than life * by and large * enlarge * give it large * have it large * large it, large up, large it up * largely * largeness * writ large * largish

    Noun

  • (music, obsolete) An old musical note, equal to two longas, four breves, or eight semibreves.
  • (obsolete) Liberality, generosity.
  • A thousand dollars.
    • Getting a car tricked out like that will cost you 50 large .

    Derived terms

    * at large

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    vig

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (slang) A charge taken on bets, as by a bookie or gambling establishment.
  • * 2009 , Wayne L. Winston, Mathletics: How Gamblers, Managers, and Sports Enthusiasts Use Mathematics , page 256,
    • The bookmaker's mean profit per dollar bet is called vigorish or “the vig.” In our example, 11 + 11 = $22 is bet, and the bookmaker wins $1 so the vig is 1/22 = 4.5%.
  • (slang) Interest from a loan shark's loan.
  • * 1973', '', quoted in '''2009 , Ellis Cashmore, ''Martin Scorsese's America , page 118,
    • “You charged a guy from the neighborhood $1800 vig ?” he asks incredulously (“vig” is short for vigorish , meaning a rate of interest from a loan from an illegal moneylender).
  • * 2005 , F. P. Lione, The Crossroads , Midtown Blue Book #2, page 100,
    • The guy was probably professional muscle, a leg breaker who collects vig for a loan shark. (Vig is a mob term for interest on loans to a loan shark.)
  • A commission, finder's fee, or similar extra charge.

    • Synonyms

    * vigorish * juice * overround ----