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• agisting — v. housing and feeding livestock for a fee (Archaic) …   English contemporary dictionary

• agistment — /euh jist ment/, n. Obs. 1. the act of agisting. 2. a contract or an agreement to agist. 3. the fee paid or the profit made in agisting. [1605 15; AGIST + MENT] * * * …   Universalium

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• Agistment tithe — The *tithe imposed upon the owner of land used for agisting; later, the right to the use of forest land, its herbage. Cf. Agist; Gisement …   Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases

• agistment — /əˈdʒɪstmənt/ (say uh jistmuhnt) noun 1. the act of agisting. 2. the price paid for pasturing livestock. 3. a burden or tax …  

• agistment — mənt noun ( s) Etymology: Middle French agistement, from agister + ment 1. a. : the taking in of livestock for feeding at a specified rate b. : the opening of a for …   Useful english dictionary