Did you know?
the car was totalled (U.S. English, totaled)
idiom
- to completely wreck or demolish a car
(The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition)
---
WORD ORIGIN
Totalled, short for total loss, is an insurance term that describes the condition of a damaged car when the cost to repair the damage exceeds the actual value of the car.
In the US, if a vehicle is damaged and the cost of repairs and the salvage value combined exceeds the current value of the vehicle, the insurance company may declare it totalled. Generally, the insurance provider will only pay out the lesser cost of buying a replacement vehicle, instead of paying to repair the old one to its previous state.
In the UK, a car in this condition is called a write-off, an accounting term. Most of these cars still contain parts that can be sold or the metal from the car can be sold for scrap (the verb scrap means to throw something away and use the parts for something else).
---
SYNONYMS
wrecked, demolished, destroyed, ruined, wasted, shattered
---
SMUGGLE OWAD INTO TODAY'S CONVERSATION:
"He totalled the new company car, but was fortunately unhurt?"
idiom
- to completely wreck or demolish a car
(The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition)
---
WORD ORIGIN
Totalled, short for total loss, is an insurance term that describes the condition of a damaged car when the cost to repair the damage exceeds the actual value of the car.
In the US, if a vehicle is damaged and the cost of repairs and the salvage value combined exceeds the current value of the vehicle, the insurance company may declare it totalled. Generally, the insurance provider will only pay out the lesser cost of buying a replacement vehicle, instead of paying to repair the old one to its previous state.
In the UK, a car in this condition is called a write-off, an accounting term. Most of these cars still contain parts that can be sold or the metal from the car can be sold for scrap (the verb scrap means to throw something away and use the parts for something else).
---
SYNONYMS
wrecked, demolished, destroyed, ruined, wasted, shattered
---
SMUGGLE OWAD INTO TODAY'S CONVERSATION:
"He totalled the new company car, but was fortunately unhurt?"
No hay comentarios:
Publicar un comentario