agiotage

See also: Agiotage

English

Etymology

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

Noun

agiotage (countable and uncountable, plural agiotages)

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

French

Etymology

From agioter +‎ -age.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ʒjɔ.taʒ/

• Audio (Paris)

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Noun

agiotage m (plural agiotages)

1. agiotage
2. speculation

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.