agiotage
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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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agiotage
IN BRIEF: n. - A fee charged for exchanging currencies.
Vanity and agiotage are to a Parisian the oxygen and hydrogen of life.
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