agiotage

Plural: agiotages

Noun

Speculation in public funds; stock-jobbing.
a fee charged for exchanging currencies
Stock exchange business; especially, stockjobbing, manipulation of securities prices.

Examples

His risky play was pure agiotage, betting on a tile that might not be drawn.

Origin / Etymology

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

Synonyms

agio, exchange premium, premium

Scrabble Score: 10

agiotage: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
agiotage: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
agiotage: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 12

agiotage: valid Words With Friends Word