English context reading “mean”?
In the last half of the next sentence, I can’t get a clear meaning.
If I shorten the part, the structure would be “ the vehicle could mean less cost.”
Is this right? If so, it’s hard to connect the vehicle and the cost logically. Am I taking the meaning of verb “ mean” wrongly? Could you explain for me? Thanks in beforehand.
For the motor insurer any increase in “write off“(total loss) costs would quickly migrate into the premiums paid by the consumer and the vehicle being more of a commodity could mean less costs associated with managing the repair process.
In the last half of the next sentence, I can’t get a clear meaning.
If I shorten the part, the structure would be “ the vehicle could mean less cost.”
Is this right? If so, it’s hard to connect the vehicle and the cost logically. Am I taking the meaning of verb “ mean” wrongly? Could you explain for me? Thanks in beforehand.
For the motor insurer any increase in “write off“(total loss) costs would quickly migrate into the premiums paid by the consumer and the vehicle being more of a commodity could mean less costs associated with managing the repair process.