agiotage

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

agiotage
    n 1: a fee charged for exchanging currencies [syn: {agio},
         {agiotage}, {premium}, {exchange premium}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Agiotage \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.
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         Vanity and agiotage are to a Parisian the oxygen and
         hydrogen of life.                        --Landor.
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