Ware handling of goods umschlagen transact Umschlagsdauer time of turnover Umschlagsgeschwindigkeit rate of turnover Umschlagskapazität handling capacity umschulden convert a debt Umschuldung conversion of a debt Umschuldung coversion of debts umschulen retrain Umschulung retraining Umschulungszentrum retraining centre Umsicht; Behutsamkeit cautiousness umsichtig cautious Umstände circumstances umständehalber owing to circumstances umstellen reorganize Umstellungszeit; Umrüstzeit changeover time umstoßen; aufheben overrule Umtausch von Wertpapieren switching Umtausch; Wechsel exchange umtauschen exchange Umtauschkosten cost of exchange Umtauschsätze currency rates umverteilen redistribute Umverteilung redistribution Umverteilung des Einkommens redistribution of income umwandelbar convertible Umwandelbarkeit convertability Umwandelbarkeit convertibility umwandeln; einlösen convert umwandeln; umrechnen convert Umwandlung conversion Umwandlung einer Anleihe conversion of a loan Umwandlung einer Schuld funding Umwandlung in bare Münze realization Umwandlung von Schulden conversion of debts Umwandlung; Umrechnung conversion Umwandlungsdifferenz conversion difference Umwandlungskurs conversion rate Umwelt; Umgegend; Umgebung environment umziehen remove Umzug removal Umzugsgeld moving allowance Umzugskosten moving expenses Umzugskosten removal expenses unabhängig independent unabhängig von der Transportart irrespective of the mode of transport unabhängige Beobachtungen independent observations unabhängige Tätigkeit independent activity unabhängiger Handel independent trade unabhängiges Einkommen independent means Unabhängigkeit independency unangemessen unreasonable unangemessen; unzulänglich inadequate unangemessene Härte unreasonable hardship unangemessene Verzögerung undue delay Unangemessenheit; Unzulänglichkeit inadequacy unannehmbar unacceptable unauffindbar untraceable unaufgeforderte Schenkung gratuitous grant unausgefüllt lassen leave void unbeabsichtigt unintentional unbeantwortet unanswered unbeaufsichtigt uncontrolled unbeaufsichtigt; unbeschränkt uncontrolled unbedacht; gedankenlos thoughtless unbedingte Annahme general acceptance unbedingte Anweisung unconditional order unbeeinflussbare Arbeit controlled work unbeeinflussbare Arbeit restricted work unbefriedigte Nachfrage unsatisfied demand unbegrenzt unlimited unbegrenzt; ohne vorgegebenes Ende open-end unbeg — from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig
came up carrying
When all were over, the party on the towers came down, the last of them not without difficulty, and proceeded to the ditch, just as the three hundred came up carrying torches. — from The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides
In a foreign country, with the enemy before us, and the people continually under contribution from one side or the other, numberless irregularities were permitted to the troops which would not have been allowed in more peaceable times. — from Barry Lyndon by William Makepeace Thackeray
In Cape Corso Road, they saw two Sail at Anchor, but before they could reach them, they slipp’d their Cables and got close under Cape Corso Castle , these were the Whydah , Captain Prince , and the John , Captain Rider : The Pyrates upon this made a fire Ship of a Vessel they had lately taken, and attempted to burn them, as tho’ they had been a common Enemy, which if effected, they could not have been one Farthing the better for it; but the Castle firing warmly upon them, they withdrew, and sail’d down to Whydah Road, where they found another Pyrate, one Captain la Bouche , who getting thither before England arrived, had forestall’d the Market, and greatly disappointed their Brethren. — from A General History of the Pyrates:
from their first rise and settlement in the island of Providence, to the present time by Daniel Defoe
And this recollection, suddenly called up, casts a cloud of melancholy into the gaiety of this delightful morning. — from A Chambermaid's Diary by Octave Mirbeau
come upon crossways
When we have come upon crossways, and we can decide neither to take the right hand nor the left, neither forward nor back, the index of the board which would direct us points to itself, and emphatically says, Gallows.’ — from Complete Short Works of George Meredith by George Meredith
calls upon clubs
The Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel (1858) wrote:— “In the course of time the public will learn that sickness, with its concomitant evils, viz., the loss of wages, the calls upon clubs and friendly societies, the increased amount of charitable contributions, a heavier poor rate, &c., entails more expense upon the community than would be required to carry out sanitary improvements in widening streets, converting the culs-de-sac into thoroughfares, and in erecting more commodious houses for the poor.” — from The Sanitary Evolution of London by Henry (Henry Lorenzo) Jephson
The one note plainly states Uncle Brooke’s intention of offering a fifty thousand dollar honorarium to Hamilton College under certain conditions, laid down by him. — from Marjorie Dean Macy's Hamilton Colony by Josephine Chase
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