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
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.ʒjɔ.taʒ/
Audio (Paris): (file)
Noun
agiotage m (plural agiotages)
Descendants
- → English: agiotage
- → German: Agiotage
- → Portuguese: agiotagem
- → Romanian: agiotaj
- → Russian: ажиотаж (ažiotaž)
- → Azerbaijani: ajiotaj
- → Georgian: აჟიოტაჟი (ažioṭaži)
- → Spanish: agiotaje
Further reading
- “agiotage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.