agistment
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]agistment (countable and uncountable, plural agistments)
- The taking in by anyone of other people's livestock to graze at a certain rate.
- (historical) The taking and feeding of other people's cattle in the king's forests; the price paid for such a feeding.
- A charge or rate against lands.
- an agistment of sea banks (i.e. charge for banks or dikes)
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[edit]Translations
[edit]taking in of livestock at a certain rate
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