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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[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.

agiotage ‎(plural agiotages)

(dated, trading) Stock exchange business; especially, stockjobbing, manipulation of securities prices.

agiotage m ‎(plural agiotages)