Total , from Latin totus, is something that includes everything in your species . The term is used to designate what universal or general . For example: "The power outage left thousands of people in total darkness", “The total number of children in this course has been infected with chickenpox”, "A total of eight people were injured by the explosion of a carafe".
The whole It is a philosophical notion that refers to the universalist group that monopolizes all aspects of a reality. Within a given context, the total leaves nothing out and includes all elements . It can be said, in this sense, that the total number of starting or starting players of a football team is eleven. There is no other player that can join (there are no football teams with twelve players) and, by regulation, neither does a team start a game with fewer players.
In a similar sense, a family composed of the father, the mother and two children has four members. The total of members, therefore, is equal to four people. If it is said that the total number of family members has suffered a cold in the last month, reference is being made to the fact that the four people experienced such a disorder of Health.
For the math , the total is the result of an operation. The total of two plus two equals four (2+2=4 ), while the total of two times eight is sixteen (2×8=16 ).
The word total has different uses, depending on the country. In Argentina, for example, it can be used to denote a certain disappointment regarding the impossibility of doing something but, at the same time, an attempt to comply with the opportunities real; Let's look at two sentences that illustrate this use: “We better stay at home: total, it's very cold outside”, “We go to the Caribbean, total, no matter how much we save, we cannot buy the house”.
In Spain, on the other hand, it can be used as a synonym for expressions such as in summary or in conclusion, the same as in other places is achieved through the use of the word postscript in a conversation; Below are two examples of this use: "Total, which denied me the increase and then I decided to quit", "We were talking all afternoon; total, we clarified all our problems".
This term can also be used to accentuate the meaning of a noun; say say "It was a total disaster" is the same as "It was an absolute disaster", and the phrase "It was a total success" can be replaced by "It was a resounding success".
In the field of insurance of car, it is known as lost or total sinister The situation in which repairing a vehicle that has been damaged costs more money than its market price, and this can take place for the following reasons:
* car theft occurs and never appears, or is found with considerable damage;
* a fire makes the vehicle irreparable;
* The car suffers an accident that makes it unusable.
It is worth mentioning that some insurers consider that a Sinister Total occurs when the repair is worth more than 70% of the price of the car, while others place this barrier at 80% or 90%. What impact can this have for a customer whose vehicle has suffered an accident? That depends on another extremely important variable: the compensation value, which can be again or of market.
If the policy establishes that compensation will be made by the new value, then the lower the percentage that the company considers as total loss Your customers benefit most, as they can count on the money to replace their car with a new one even if it has not been completely destroyed. If, instead, the value is of market, and it is a relatively old model, it is likely that the amount paid by the insurer does not allow access to an equivalent product.
