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Swedish
Etymology
Compound of mat (“food”) + handel (“trade”).
Noun
mathandel c
- A grocery trade; a selling or purchase of foodstuff.
1865 July 27, “I anſeende till reſa: ”, in Stockholms Dagblad (for sale), page 3:En mindre Bod, med utmaͤrkt godt laͤge för mathandel, nu genaſt.- A small shop, in an exceedingly good situation for the victualling trade, immediately.
- The commercial sector engaged in the sale and distribution of foodstuffs, especially wholesalers and retailers.
2023 March 17, Pontus Nyman, Tidningen Näringslivet:Mathandeln rasar mot politikernas populism: ”Skjut inte handlarkåren”- The grocery trade lashes out at political populism: “Don’t shoot the store owners”
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