Kiel

American  

[keel] / kil /

noun

1. the capital of Schleswig-Holstein in N Germany, at the Baltic end of the Kiel Canal.

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Kiel British  

/ kiːl /

noun

1. a port in N Germany, capital of Schleswig-Holstein state, on the Kiel Canal (connecting the North Sea with the Baltic): joined the Hanseatic League in 1284; became part of Denmark in 1773 and passed to Prussia in 1866; an important naval base in World Wars I and II; shipbuilding and engineering industries. Pop: 233 039 (2003 est)

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Example Sentences

The Kiel researchers conjectured that exporters didn’t absorb the tariff costs for three main reasons.

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The truth is that American consumers and importers bore 96% of all the costs, Kiel calculated.

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One finding comes from the Kiel Institute for the World Economy, a respected German economic think tank.

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The broader statistics, Kiel reported, indicated that 96% of all tariffs were passed through to Americans.

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With the latest round of tariff increases, Kiel found, exporters have not cut prices to maintain sales,” which would be tantamount to their paying the tariff costs.

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