And therefore when his frigid Majesty said that my words had touched his heart, and bade me ask for a gift from his hand, I said,— “O cold king of this fair icy domain, let those tears that now hang like tiny jewels on Schneeboule’s cheeks be brushed into an alabaster box and given to me. — from Baron Trump's Marvellous Underground Journey by Ingersoll Lockwood
scale of charges Kostentabelle
Kostenaufstellung cost report Kostenaufstellung specification of costs Kostenberechnung calculation of costs Kostenberechnung computation of costs Kostenberechnung für einen Auftrag job costing Kostenbestandteil element of costs kostenbewusst cost-conscious Kostendämmung cost reduction Kostendenken thinking in terms of cost Kosteneffizienz cost efficiency Kosteneinsparung saving Kostenentwicklung development of costs Kostenermittlung costing Kostenersparnis durch Massenproduktion economies of scale Kostenerstattung compensation for outlay Kostenfaktor expense factor kostengünstigste Losgröße minimum-cost batch size Kostenkomponente cost component Kosten-Leistung Analyse cost-performance analysis kostenlose Anzeige free insertion kostenlose Lebensversicherung free life insurance kostenlose Probe free trial Kosten-Nutzen-Rechnung cost-benefit calculation kostenpflichtig liable for costs Kostenrechnung bill of charges Kostenrechnung cost accounting Kostenrechnung eines Produkts product costing Kostenrechnung für einen Auftrag job costing Kostenreduzierung reduction of expenses Kostensicherung cost assurance kostensparend cost saving Kostenstelle burden centre Kostenstelle cost centre Kostentabelle cost schedule Kostentabelle scale of charges Kostentabelle table of costs Kostenüberwachung control of costs Kostenvergleich comparison of costs Kostenvoranschlag calculation Kostenvoranschlag machen give an estimate for Kostenvorkalkulation estimating Kostenwirksamkeit cost effectiveness Kostenzuordnung cost allocating kostspielig costly Krach crash kraft des Gesetzes by act of law kraft Geburt by birth kraft Gesetzes by operation of law Kraft; zwingen force Krangebühr cranage Krankengeld sick benefit Krankengeld sick pay Krankengeld sickness allowance Krankenversicherung health insurance Krankheitsurlaub sick leave kreativ creative Kredit credit Kredit an Privatpersonen private credit Kredit aufnehmen raise a credit Kredit begrenzt auf credit limited to Kredit eröffnen open a credit Kredit mit kurzer Laufzeit short-term credit Kreditabteilung credit department Kreditabteilung loan department Kreditabteilung loan division Kreditanstalt credit institution Kreditantrag borrowing request Kreditantragsteller credit applicant Kreditaufnahme borrowing Kreditaufnahme raising of credit Kreditauskunft credit information Kreditauskunftei commercial credit agency Kreditausweitung credit expansion Kreditbank credit bank Kreditbedarf demand for advances Kreditbetrug obtain credit by false pretences Kreditbremse credit squeeze Kreditbrief an eine bestimmte Bank direct letter of credit Kreditbrief; Akkreditiv letter of credit Kreditbrief; Reisekreditbrief circular letter of credit Kreditbürge guarantor of a credit Kreditbürgschaft credit guarantee Kreditbüro credit agency Krediteinschränkungen credir restrictions Krediterleichterung credit accomodation — from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig
Setting out Collins killed
The Fog So thick this morning that we could not See a man 50 Steps off, this fog detained us untill 10 oClock at which time we Set out, accompanied by our Indian friends who are from a village near the great falls, previous to our Setting out Collins killed a large Buck, and Labiech killed 3 Geese flying. — from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark
she of course knew
The necessity for this intimidation arose from his plans at the moment, of which she, of course, knew nothing; and only later, five days afterwards, she guessed why he had been so doubtful of her reticence and so afraid of a new outburst of indignation on her part. — from The Possessed (The Devils) by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
scarcity of capital Kapitalmangel
mbers of a barrister Kanzleipapier foolscap Kapazität capacity Kapazitätsberechnung capacity calculation Kapazitätsengpaß capacity bottleneck Kapital capital Kapital aufbringen; Kapital aufnehmen raise capital Kapital aufnehmen raise capital Kapital aufnehmen to take up capital Kapital der AG joint stock Kapital der Firma company funds Kapital ohne Ertrag dead capital Kapital zur Einzahlung aufrufen call for capital Kapital; Zins und Gebühren principal; interest and cost Kapitalabgabe; Kapitalsteuer capital levy Kapitalabnahme capital decrease Kapitalabwanderung flow of capital Kapitalanlage capital investment Kapitalanlageabteilung investment department Kapitalanlagegesellschaft investment company Kapitalanlageplan investment plan Kapitalanleger investor Kapitalanleger; Kapitalgeber investor Kapitalanteil share in the capital Kapitalaufnahme raising of capital Kapitalaufwand capital expenditure Kapitalbedarf capital demand Kapitalbedarf need for capital Kapitalbeschaffung finding of capital Kapitalbewegungen capital movements Kapitalbildungstheorie theory of capital formation Kapitaldividende dividend on capital Kapitaleinfuhr import of foreign capital Kapitaleinlage capital brought in Kapitaleinsatz capital expenditure Kapitaleinsatz employment of capital Kapitalerhaltung maintenance of capital Kapitalerhöhung capital increase Kapitalerhöhung increase of capital stock Kapitalertrag capital yield Kapitalertrag investment income Kapitalertrag proceeds from capital Kapitalertrag yield on capital Kapitalertragssteuer gains tax Kapitalflucht capital flight Kapitalflucht flight of capital Kapitalgeber lender of capital Kapitalhilfe capital assistance kapitalintensiv capital-intensive kapitalisieren capitalize Kapitalisierung capitalization Kapitalismus capitalism Kapitalist capitalist kapitalistisch capitalistic Kapitalkonto capital account Kapitalkonto stock account Kapitalmangel lack of capital Kapitalmangel scarcity of capital Kapitalmangel shortage of capital Kapitalmarkt capital market Kapitalreserve capital reserve Kapitalreserve reserve capital Kapitalreserven spare capital Kapitalrückfluss reflux of capital Kapitalrücklage negative goodwill Kapitalrückzahlung return of capital kapitalschwach financially weak Kapitalspritze injection of capital kapitalstark financially sound Kapitalüberfluss abundance of capital Kapitalverkehrssteuer corporation property transfer tax Kapitalvermögen capital assets Kapitalverschiebung movement of capital Kapitalversinsung rate of return Kapitalzins interest on capital Kapitalzinsen interest on capital Kapitalzufluss capital inflow Kapitalzunahme; Kapitalerhöhung capital increase Kapitalzusammensetzung composition of capital Kapitalzuwachs capital gain Kapitalzuwachssteuer capital gains tax Kaptal in die oHG einbringen to bring capital into the partners hip Karat carat Kargoversicherung; Seefrachtversicherung cargo insurance Karikaturist cartoonist Karte card Karte chart Karte für Probeunterschrift signature card Kartei card index Karteikarte file card Karteikarte index card Karteikasten card box Karteikasten cardbox Karteischrank card-index cabinet Kartekasten card box Kartell cartel Kartellbildung cartelization Kartellvertrag cartel agreement Kartenvorverkauf booking of tickets — from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig
shrine of canonized kings
Had you descended from the Pequod’s try-works to the Pequod’s forecastle, where the off duty watch were sleeping, for one single moment you would have almost thought you were standing in some illuminated shrine of canonized kings and counsellors. — from Moby Dick; Or, The Whale by Herman Melville
"Listen to me, Amelia," said Becky, marching up and down the room before the other and surveying her with a sort of contemptuous kindness. — from Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray
During that brief time, at moments between a sleep and a drink, I used to have this fancy, which sometimes makes me shudder now, as [179] I think of it, and yet somehow seems such a fine satisfying protest—a feeling that some day I would be seen waddling about the streets of Chicago, known to all the denizens of the under world as Drunken Mary! — from An Anarchist Woman by Hutchins Hapgood
At the beginning of the eighteenth century there was a certain Mr. Abraham Bendibow in London, who kept a goldsmith’s shop in the neighborhood of Whitechapel, and supplemented the profits of that business by lending money at remunerative interest, on the security of certain kinds of personal property. — from Dust: A Novel by Julian Hawthorne
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