Pronunciation: | | 'ajeeutij
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WordNet Dictionary |
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| Definition: | |
[n] a fee charged for exchanging currencies |
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AGIOTAGE is a 8 letter word that starts with A. |
| Synonyms: | | agio, exchange premium, premium |
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| See Also: | | charge |
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | \Ag"i*o*tage\, n. [F. agiotage, fr. agioter to practice
stockjobbing, fr. agio.]
Exchange business; also, stockjobbing; the maneuvers of
speculators to raise or lower the price of stocks or public
funds.
Vanity and agiotage are to a Parisian the oxygen and
hydrogen of life. --Landor.
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