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Answer for the clue "A fee charged for exchanging currencies ", 8 letters:
agiotage

Word definitions for agiotage in dictionaries

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a fee charged for exchanging currencies [syn: agio , premium , exchange premium ]

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Agiotage \Ag"i*o*tage\, n. [F. agiotage, fr. agioter to practice stockjobbing, fr. agio.] Exchange business; also, stockjobbing; the maneuvers of speculators to raise or lower the price of stocks or public funds. Vanity and agiotage are to a Parisian the ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context dated trading English) Stock exchange business; especially, stockjobbing, manipulation of securities prices.