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Dutch
Etymology
From wind (“wind”) + handel (“trade”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʋɪntˌɦɑn.dəl/
- Hyphenation: wind‧han‧del
Noun
windhandel m (uncountable)
- (derogatory) speculative trade; literally "trade in wind"
- 1692, Nicolaes Muys van Holy, Antwoord van Mr. Nicolaes Muys van Holy, op sekere so genaemde Remarques in druk uytgegeven tegen syn ontwerp en consideratien over 't redres van 't Quohier van den 200ste. penning, publ. by Pieter Rotterdam, page 7.
Wat heeft men my door ſlinkſe wegen en ondeugende kunſten niet al quaeds ſoeken te brouwen en vyanden op den hals geſchonden, om dat ik, eenige jaeren geleden, aen den Staet het gevaer en ſchadelykheid van den windhandel der Actien vertoonde; het welk doenmaels mede den naem van haetelyk droeg.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Om de paar jaar beleeft de windhandel in cryptomunten weer een nieuwe gekte.- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
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