total loss

total loss
Synonyms and related words:
bereavement, bomb, breakdown, breaking up, breakup, bust, cataclysm, catastrophe, cave, cave-in, collapse, cost, crack-up, crash, damage, dead loss, debacle, debit, denial, denudation, deprivation, despoilment, destruction, detriment, disaster, dispossession, divestment, dull thud, expense, fizzle, flat failure, flop, floperoo, forfeit, forfeiture, frost, injury, lemon, loser, losing, losing streak, loss, perdition, privation, robbery, ruin, sacrifice, shipwreck, smash, smashup, spoliation, stripping, taking away, turkey, washout, wrack, wreck

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  • total loss — see loss Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. total loss …   Law dictionary

  • total loss — Fire insurance. The complete destruction of the insured property by fire, so that nothing of value remains from it; as distinguished from a partial loss, where the property is damaged, but not entirely destroyed. Test whether building burned is… …   Black's law dictionary

  • total loss — The complete destruction of the property covered by an insurance policy. The complete destruction of a building as a building, although not necessarily the extinction of all its parts as materials or such destruction that no part is left standing …   Ballentine's law dictionary

  • total loss — Ignition or lubrication system in which electricity or oil is used without being generated or recirculated. The ignition system uses power from a battery eventually running it flat. The lubrication system uses oil without returning it to a tank.… …   Dictionary of automotive terms

  • total loss — total damage, complete disaster, went out of use, not able to be fixed …   English contemporary dictionary

  • total loss — noun : loss that makes property valueless to an insured …   Useful english dictionary

  • total loss of eyesight — A complete loss of eyesight; a loss of eyesight to the extent that one cannot distinguish colors or objects one from another in good light, although he can distinguish between light and darkness; in some contexts, loss of eyesight which disables… …   Ballentine's law dictionary

  • total loss of business time — Inability to work at one s specific occupation, regardless of ability to do other work. Continental Casualty Co. v Wagner (CA8 Mo) 195 F2d 936, 31 ALR2d 1216. See total disability for work …   Ballentine's law dictionary

  • total loss — noun An insured item of which the entire value is written off …   Wiktionary

  • actual total loss — ➔ loss * * * actual total loss UK US noun [C or U] (ABBREVIATION ATL) INSURANCE ► a situation in which insured property is totally destroyed, lost, or made useless, and the insurance company pays the maximum amount: »They claimed that the capture …   Financial and business terms

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