agistment
English
Etymology
agist + -ment
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈeɪd͡ʒɪstmənt/
Noun
agistment (countable and uncountable, plural agistments)
- The taking in by any one of other people's livestock to graze at a certain rate.
- A charge or rate against lands
- an agistment of sea banks (i.e. charge for banks or dikes)
- (historical) The taking and feeding of other people's cattle in the king's forests; the price paid for such a feeding.
Related terms
- agist
- agister
- agistor
Anagrams
- magnetist