Totaled
Definitions
- (adj.) Describing a vehicle declared a total loss by an insurer because repair costs exceed its value.
The car was totaled after the accident and deemed not worth repairing.
- (v.) Past tense of total, meaning to amount to a complete sum or to declare a total loss in insurance contexts.
The damages totaled $10,000 as per the insurance report.
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In legal contexts, 'totaled' often specifically relates to insurance claim disputes where a vehicle is declared a total loss; distinguish this from the verb 'to total' in general accounting or summation contexts.
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