agiotage

Definitions


[], (Noun)

Definitions:
- The business of money-changing.


Phrases:

Origin:
early 18th century. From French agiotage from agioter to speculate (although this is first attested slightly later: 1716; from agio, with insertion of medial -t- by analogy with nouns ending in -ot; compare † agiot, variant of agio) + -age




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