agiotage

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agiotage - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Agiotage \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.
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           Vanity and agiotage are to a Parisian the oxygen and
           hydrogen of life.                        --Landor.
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agiotage - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  agiotage
      n 1: a fee charged for exchanging currencies [syn: agio,
           agiotage, premium, exchange premium]