förlag

Etymology
From the verb, like German and.

Noun

 * 1) an investment, an expense, a kind of business enterprise where a large one-time production cost is financed upfront, by a, resulting in a store supply, , which is later sold a piece over an extended time to regain the investment; typically applied to shipping and to book publishing, where the stock is called
 * på författarens eget förlag
 * at the author's own expense, i.e. self-publishing
 * 1) a publishing company (i.e. a company that regularly undertakes such ventures), a publisher, a publishing house

Usage notes

 * For gramophone records and film, these publishing companies are called skivbolag and filmbolag instead of förlag.