Meaning

2 senses
  1. An insured item of which the entire value is written off.

  2. An insured item that is written off when it is beyond repair, or when the cost of repair exceeds the insured value.

    The ship was declared a constructive total loss.

Examples

6 sentences
  1. It wasn't a total loss.

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  2. Our car was a total loss after the accident.

    ruПосле этой аварии наша машина никуда больше не годилась.

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  3. His car was a total loss from the accident.

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  4. It was a total loss.

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  5. Amnesia is a partial or total loss of memory.

    ruАмнезия - это частичная или полная потеря памяти.

    deUnter Amnesie versteht man einen teilweisen oder vollständigen Verlust des Gedächtnisses.

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Translations

2 languages

Forms

plural: total losses
Singulartotal loss
Pluraltotal losses

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
write-offwriteoff

Word family

1 related words
DerivedtotalB1

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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