Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A commercial term in use, principally on the continent of Europe, to denote—
- n. The rate of exchange between the currencies of two countries, as between those of Italy and the United States.
- n. The percentage of difference in the value of two metallic currencies, or a metallic and a paper currency of the same denomination, in the same country; hence, premium on the appreciated currency, and disagio, or discount, on the depreciated one.
- n. An allowance made in some places for the wear and tear of coins, as in Amsterdam, Hamburg, etc.
Wiktionary
- n. The premium or percentage on a better sort of money when it is given in exchange for an inferior sort. The premium or discount on foreign bills of exchange is sometimes called agio.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Com.) The premium or percentage on a better sort of money when it is given in exchange for an inferior sort. The premium or discount on foreign bills of exchange is sometimes called
agio .
WordNet 3.0
- n. a fee charged for exchanging currencies
Examples
“The difference between them is called the agio of the bank, which, at Amsterdam, is generally about five per cent.”
“Are you sure this comment violates TPM's Terms of Service? agio”
“December 17, 2009 3: 28 PM in reply to agio using his bully pulpit with the public to goad Senators, perhaps the least accountable to the public elected officials in the U.S., into "behaving" would not, IMHO, have gotten results.”
Is It Game Over If The Senate Passes Health Care Reform? No.
“E' strano, e mi da veramente fastidio - certo forse e' naturale, e a dire il vero con alcune colleghe/amiche questo non succede piu anche se non e' che sia la solita Ra pazzoide, troppo diretta e inopportuna, e sicuramente col tempo mi sentiro piu a mio agio...ma mi da' comunque sui nervi che trovi cosi' difficile essere me stessa.”
“It's not something that happens often, but it's happened. never before, it happened to me a couple eeks agio like ... a few times.”
“Turk and Christian, men of all tongues and countries, used to consult old Touchwood, from the building of a mosque down to the settling of an agio. —”
“Scendendo lungo il fiume, egli si mise a proprio agio.”
“Hegel always said history repeats itself, and then the National Archives releases documents showing that 30 years agio Callaghan was willing to resign over a ptoential strike from the Police about their pay rise.”
“At present, however, small change is dear in Egypt; the Sarrafs, or money-changers, create the dearth in order to claim a high agio.”
“The façade of S. Martino is of the fourteenth century, as is that of S. Agostino, its neighbour, where you may find another altar by S.agio.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘agio’.
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WWF WTF?
Ever play "Words With Friends" with someone and they throw down some strange, unlikely group of letters that makes even the most mild and squeaky clean tongued person say "whiskey tango foxtrot"? ...
oorie, sangar, merl, cwm, doum, weir, jura, invar, lawine, tapa, waw, shog and 376 more...
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Rare Words - A
Not just rare words, but thousands of RARE WORDS WITH DEFINITIONS.
If you want to see the definitions, too, go to
http://phrontistery.i...aba, abacinate, abactor, abaculus, abaft, abampere, abapical, abarticular, abasement, abasia, abask, abatis and 1214 more...
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Logolepsy
"Luciferous Logolepsy is a collection of over 9,000 obscure English words. Though the definition of an 'English' word might seem to be straightforward, it is not. There exist so many adopted, deriv...
Anschauung, Areopagus, Argus, Briarean, Dei gratia, Dei judicium, Deo volente, Duecento, Foehn, Geflugelte Worte, Gegenschein, Hakenkreuz and 9230 more...
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phrontistery - a
from phrontistery.info
axilla, avalement, argil, argent, argand, arete, aretaics, areometer, areology, arenoid, arenaceous, arefy and 1214 more...
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Professional Scrabble Lexicon (TWL)
A myriad of game-changing words every Scrabble addict must have in his arsenal.
Keep in mind that these are all tried-and-true feasibly playable words selected for their handiness, i.e...paragon, pignora, ganef, suttee, origan, ohia, aioli, abasement, lehr, mho, tallow, harelike and 843 more...
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"A-C" words
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Filthy Stinking Rich
Monetary units and other words that mean money. Other financial words are allowed too, as long as they're principally about money. Get it, principally? I kill me.
money, cash, dough, loot, wad, stack, booty, capital, nest egg, treasure, banknote, net and 168 more...
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jmjarmstrong's list
Words that I used to know.
geloscopy, hunker, willy nilly, harum scarum, whacko, meh, nork, misunderestimate, atrabiliousness, luftmensch, auxanometer, hyperhedonia and 1948 more...
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espanyol
spanish words
quijada, zozobra, pedrusco, cornisa, hebilla, canana, derramar, manyas, destacamento, anca, munyeco, tullido and 38 more...
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Vowel Rich
Scrabble List: vowel dumps
aeon, aero, agee, agio, ague, aide, akee, alee, alae, aloe, amia, amie and 67 more...
Tweets
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jmjarmstrong JM boarded the floating currency exchange vessel and involved himself in some serious agio on the bargio. Feb 14, 2010
maesepedro 1.m. Beneficio que se obtiene en negocios financieros por diferencia entre el valor nominal y real, presente y futuro, en compra o en venta:
agio en cambio de moneda, en descuento de letras, pagarés, etc.
2.agiotaje.
Jun 28, 2009