Ā'ġi-o-taġe, n.

(Synop., § 130), n. [Fr. agiotage, It. aggiotaggio. See supra.] Stock-jobbing; the maneuvers of speculators to raise or lower the price of stocks or public funds. Brande.

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