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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—A

Agio

Agi′o

The percentage of charge made for the exchange of paper money into cash. (Italian).

“The profit is called by the Italians aggio.”

—Scarlett.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894

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