8 definitions found for agio

Agio A'GIO, n.
1. In commerce, the difference between bank notes and current coin. In Holland, the agio is three or four per cent; in Rome, from fifteen to twenty five per cent; in Venice, twenty per cent: but the agio is subject to variation.
2. Premium; sum given above the nominal value.

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

agio iago

agio
n. (pl. agios)
1 the percentage charged on the exchange of one currency, or one form of money, into another more valuable.
2 the excess value of one currency over another.
3 money-exchange business.
Etymology: It. aggio

agio ˈædʒɪəu n. (pl. agios) 1 the percentage charged on the exchange of one currency, or one form of money, into another more valuable. 2 the excess value of one currency over another. 3 money-exchange business. [It. aggio]

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 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.

agio n. (Com.) Premium.

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