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agio

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Noun
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ag=i=o

CIDE DICTIONARY

agion. [It. aggio exchange, discount, premium, the same word as agio ease. See Ease.].
     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.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

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

THESAURUS

agio

abatement, allowance, bank discount, breakage, cash discount, chain discount, charge-off, concession, cut, deduction, depreciation, discount, drawback, kickback, penalty, penalty clause, percentage, premium, price reduction, price-cut, rebate, rebatement, reduction, refund, rollback, salvage, setoff, tare, time discount, trade discount, tret, underselling, write-off

ROGET THESAURUS

agio

Discount

N discount, abatement, concession, reduction, depreciation, allowance, qualification, set-off, drawback, poundage, agio, percentage, rebate, rebatement, backwardation, contango, salvage, tare and tret, sale, bargain, half price, price war, wholesale, wholesale price, dealer's price, trade price, coupon, discount coupon, cents-off coupon, store coupon, manufacturer's coupon, double coupon discount, triple coupon discount, discounting, at a discount, below par, at wholesale, have a friend in the business.


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