agiotage

See also: Agiotage

English

Etymology

From French agiotage, from agioter (“to practice stockjobbing”), from agio.

Noun

agiotage (countable and uncountable, plural agiotages)

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

French

Etymology

From agioter +‎ -age.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /a.ʒjɔ.taʒ/
Audio (Paris) (file)

Noun

agiotage m (plural agiotages)

Descendants

→ English: agiotage
→ German: Agiotage
→ Portuguese: agiotagem
→ Romanian: agiotaj
→ Spanish: agiotaje

Further reading

“agiotage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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