flaskpant

Swedish

Etymology

Compound of flaska (“bottle”) +‎ pant (“deposit”).

Noun

flaskpant c

  1. (uncommon) A bottle deposit; a container deposit on bottles specifically.
    Hypernym: pant (“deposit”)
    • 1955 April 27, Arbetet‎[1], page 5:
      Om tomflaskor saknas tillkommer flaskpant.
      If empty bottles are missing, a bottle deposit fee will be added.
    • 2023 March 31, Dagens Nyheter, page 40:
      Över 250 spänn i flaskpant den här månaden.
      Over 250 quid in bottle returns this month.

Declension

Declension of flaskpant
nominative genitive
singular indefinite flaskpant flaskpants
definite flaskpanten flaskpantens
plural indefinite flaskpanter flaskpanters
definite flaskpanterna flaskpanternas
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