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Topsy Inasmuch Zillah Zillah
As I fondly muse on thee, I recall the spreading tree Of thy goodly pedigree, Which, of shapely branch or bough, Hath no fairer growth than thou; And my glance caressing now Sweeps Alas, and Och Oh-Ow, Chryssa, Christopher, What-Not, Zabdas, Bunch, Longinus, Dot, Tom, Zenobia, Nonesuch, Turvy, Topsy, Inasmuch, Zillah, Zillah Number Two, Fremont, Dayton, Tittattoo, Hiawatha, And, and
— from The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 25, November, 1859 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics by Various

taxable income zubilligen zugestehen
Zeitmessung time measurement Zeitnehmer timekeeper Zeitnehmer timer Zeitnehmer, Zeitstudienmann time study engineer Zeitpunkt point in time Zeitreihe time series Zeitschätzung time estimate zeitsparend timesaving Zeitstudie time study Zeitstudienabteilung time study department Zeitstudienbeamter work study officer Zeitstudieningenieur time study engineer Zeitstudienmann time study man Zeitverlust loss of time Zeitvorgabe setting of time standards Zeitvorgabe für alternatives Verfahren alternate standard Zeitvorgabe, Zeiteinteilung, Zeitberechnung timing Zentralbank central bank zentrale Planung central planning zentrale Planwirtschaft centrally planned economy zentrale Wirtschaftsplanung collectivism Zerlegung einer Tätigkeit in Arbeitselemente job breakdown Zerlegung in Einzelarbeitsvorgänge element breakdown of an activity Zerlegung in elementare Teile element breakdown Zerlegung in Elemente element breakdown of an activity Zettel docket Zettel slip Zeugnis, Urkunde, Schein certificate Zielgruppe target group Zielkonflikt conflict of goals Zielkonflikt conflict of objective Zielkonflikt goal conflict Zielzeit, angestrebte Zeit target time Zinseszins compound interest zinslos interest-free zinsloses Darlehen interest-free loan Zinssatz interest rate zivil civilian zivile Erwerbspersonen civilian labor force zivile Erwerbstätige persons in civilian employment Zähler denominator Zähltag day of the count Zählverfahren counting procedure Zoll customs Zollabkommen tariff agreement Zollmauer tariff wall zu einem bestimmten Satz at a fixed rate zu Unfällen neigender Arbeiter accident prone employee zu versteuerndes Einkommen taxable income zubilligen, zugestehen, erlauben, gestatten allow Zubilligung, Zuschuss, Zulage, Beihilfe allowance Zufall chance Zufallsauswahl random sample Zufallsauswahl random sampling Zufallsauswahl random selection Zufallsfehler random error Zufallsschwankung random fluctuation Zufallsvariable random variable Zufallszahl
— from Mr. Honey's Work Study Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig

the initials Z Z
In general literature, his critical knowledge may be estimated by the numerous articles which he wrote for the Analytical Review, which are easily to be distinguished by the peculiarity of their style; and they generally have the initials Z. Z. affixed; but if it be necessary to point out any in particular, for the guidance of the reader, the reviews which have been inserted, page 81, of Cowper's Homer, and Roscoe's Lorenzo de' Medici, may be instanced.
— from The Life and Writings of Henry Fuseli, Volume 1 (of 3) by Henry Fuseli


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