Dictionary entry

Agiotage

Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.