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agistment

[ uh-jist-ment ]

noun

, Obsolete.
  1. the act of agisting.
  2. a contract or an agreement to agist.
  3. the fee paid or the profit made in agisting.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of agistment1

First recorded in 1605–15; agist + -ment

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Example Sentences

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.

But then the tithe of pasture agistment, as it was called, could no longer have been evaded.

But the most valued is that of agistment or pasturage, especially of ponies.

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