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1 Agio -- rank: 1000

Agio definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary A'GIO, n. 1. In ... difference between bank notes and current coin. In Holland, the agio is three or four per cent; in Rome, from fifteen ... five per cent; in Venice, twenty per cent: but the agio is subject to variation. 2. Premium; sum given above the ... 2005) n 1: a fee charged for exchanging currencies [syn: agio, agiotage, premium, exchange premium] Oxford Reference Dictionary n. (pl. agios ... money-exchange business. Etymology: It. aggio Webster's 1913 Dictionary Agio Ag"i*o, n.; pl. Agios. [It. aggio exchange, discount, premium, the same word as agio ease. See Ease.] (Com.) The premium or percentage on ...

2 Adagio -- rank: 435

... s I. adverb or adjective Etymology: Italian, from ad to + agio ease Date: 1683 at a slow tempo — used chiefly as ... da"gio, a. & adv. [It. adagio; ad (L. ad) at + agio convenience, leisure, ease. See Agio.] (Mus.) Slow; slowly, leisurely, and gracefully. When repeated, adagio, adagio ...

3 Agios -- rank: 435

Agios definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Agio Ag"i*o, n.; pl. Agios. [It. aggio exchange, discount, premium, the same word as agio ease. See Ease.] (Com.) The premium or percentage on a ... or discount on foreign bills of exchange is sometimes called agio.

4 chapel of ease -- rank: 343

... F. aise; akin to Pr. ais, aise, OIt. asio, It. agio; of uncertain origin; cf. L. ansa handle, occasion, opportunity. Cf. Agio, Disease.] 1. Satisfaction; pleasure; hence, accommodation; entertainment. [Obs.] They him ...

5 With ease -- rank: 343

... F. aise; akin to Pr. ais, aise, OIt. asio, It. agio; of uncertain origin; cf. L. ansa handle, occasion, opportunity. Cf. Agio, Disease.] 1. Satisfaction; pleasure; hence, accommodation; entertainment. [Obs.] They him ...

6 Premium -- rank: 343

... to water" 3: a fee charged for exchanging currencies [syn: agio, agiotage, premium, exchange premium] 4: a prize, bonus, or award ... par, amount over par, enhancement, appreciation. Moby Thesaurus Trinkgeld, abatement, agio, allowance, appreciation, at a premium, award, bait, bank discount, bank ...

7 at ease -- rank: 343

... F. aise; akin to Pr. ais, aise, OIt. asio, It. agio; of uncertain origin; cf. L. ansa handle, occasion, opportunity. Cf. Agio, Disease.] 1. Satisfaction; pleasure; hence, accommodation; entertainment. [Obs.] They him ...

8 agiotage -- rank: 343

... 2005) n 1: a fee charged for exchanging currencies [syn: agio, agiotage, premium, exchange premium] Webster's 1913 Dictionary Agiotage Ag ... tage, n. [F. agiotage, fr. agioter to practice stockjobbing, fr. agio.] Exchange business; also, stockjobbing; the maneuvers of speculators to raise ...

9 To stand at ease -- rank: 343

... F. aise; akin to Pr. ais, aise, OIt. asio, It. agio; of uncertain origin; cf. L. ansa handle, occasion, opportunity. Cf. Agio, Disease.] 1. Satisfaction; pleasure; hence, accommodation; entertainment. [Obs.] They him ...

10 Ease -- rank: 343

... F. aise; akin to Pr. ais, aise, OIt. asio, It. agio; of uncertain origin; cf. L. ansa handle, occasion, opportunity. Cf. Agio, Disease.] 1. Satisfaction; pleasure; hence, accommodation; entertainment. [Obs.] They him ...

11 ill at ease -- rank: 343

... F. aise; akin to Pr. ais, aise, OIt. asio, It. agio; of uncertain origin; cf. L. ansa handle, occasion, opportunity. Cf. Agio, Disease.] 1. Satisfaction; pleasure; hence, accommodation; entertainment. [Obs.] They him ...

12 exchange premium -- rank: 217

... 2005) n 1: a fee charged for exchanging currencies [syn: agio, agiotage, premium, exchange premium]

13 Drawback -- rank: 217

... 2. Discount, deduction, reduction, rebate, abatement, allowance. Moby Thesaurus abatement, agio, allowance, bank discount, blemish, block, blockade, bottleneck, breakage, bug, cash ...

14 Depreciation -- rank: 217

... derogation, belittling, traducing, maligning, censure. Moby Thesaurus abatement, ablation, abridgment, agio, alleviation, allowance, attenuation, attrition, backbiting, backstabbing, bank discount, belittlement, belittling ...

15 Deduction -- rank: 217

... ablation, abrasion, abridgment, abstraction, accord, addition, adjunct, affairs, affiliation, affinity, agio, alleviation, alliance, allowance, analysis, approximation, assemblage, association, attenuation, bank discount ...