agist

American  

[uh-jist] / əˈdʒɪst /

verb (used with object)

1. to feed or pasture (livestock) for a fee.

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agist British  

/ əˈdʒɪst /

verb

1. to care for and feed (cattle or horses) for payment

2. to assess and charge (land or its owner) with a public burden, such as a tax

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Other Word Forms

• agister
  noun
• agistor
  noun

Etymology

Origin of agist

1590–1600; < Anglo-French, Middle French agister to give lodgings to, equivalent to a- a- ⁵ + gister to lodge, lie < Germanic; compare Old English giestian to lodge, derivative of giest guest