Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A commercial term in use, principally on the continent of Europe, to denote—
- noun The rate of exchange between the currencies of two countries, as between those of Italy and the United States.
- noun 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.
- noun An allowance made in some places for the wear and tear of coins, as in Amsterdam, Hamburg, etc.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (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 .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
premium orpercentage on a better sort ofmoney when it is given inexchange for aninferior sort. The premium ordiscount on foreign bills of exchange is sometimes called agio.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a fee charged for exchanging currencies
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Examples
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The difference between them is called the agio of the bank, which, at Amsterdam, is generally about five per cent.
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Barney Frank: 'If Scott Brown Wins, It'll Kill The Health Bill' 2010
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Is It Game Over If The Senate Passes Health Care Reform? No. 2009
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Is It Game Over If The Senate Passes Health Care Reform? No. 2009
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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. 2009
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maesepedro commented on the word agio
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.
June 29, 2009
jmjarmstrong commented on the word agio
JM boarded the floating currency exchange vessel and involved himself in some serious agio on the bargio.
February 14, 2010