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agistment

[uh-jist-ment]

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noun Obsolete.

the act of agisting.

a contract or an agreement to agist.

the fee paid or the profit made in agisting.

Origin of agistment

First recorded in 1605–15; agist + -ment

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for agistment

Historical Examples of agistment

But the most valued is that of agistment or pasturage, especially of ponies.
The Customs of Old England
F. J. Snell
Agistment, or the taking in of cattle or live stock to feed at a rate of so much per head, is a contract of bailment.
The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3
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