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agistments

agistments is the plural of agistment.

Meaning of agistment

Noun

agistment (countable and uncountable, plural agistments)

  1. The taking in by anyone of other people's livestock to graze at a certain rate.
  2. (historical) The taking and feeding of other people's cattle in the king's forests; the price paid for such a feeding.
  3. A charge or rate against lands.
    • an agistment of sea banks (i.e. charge for banks or dikes)

Questions about agistments

What is agistments the plural of?
Agistments is the plural of agistment.

Words near agistments in the dictionary

  1. agisted
  2. agister
  3. agisters
  4. agisting
  5. agistment
  6. agistments
  7. agistor
  8. agistors
  9. agists
  10. agit prop
  11. agit-prop

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