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