mileage

[ mahy-lij ]

noun

1. the aggregate number of miles traveled over in a given time.
2. length, extent, or distance in miles.
3. the number of miles or the average distance that a vehicle can travel on a specified quantity of fuel:

   the car gets good mileage.

4. wear, use, advantage, or profit:

   She won't get much more mileage out of this old coat.

5. an allowance for traveling expenses at a fixed rate per mile:

   His mileage came to $90.

6. a fixed charge per mile, as for railroad transportation.
7. mileage ticket.

mileage

/ ˈmaɪlɪdʒ /

noun

1. a distance expressed in miles
2. the total number of miles that a motor vehicle has travelled
3. allowance for travelling expenses, esp as a fixed rate per mile
4. the number of miles a motor vehicle will travel on one gallon of fuel
5. informal.
   use, benefit, or service provided by something

   this scheme has a lot of mileage left

6. informal.
   grounds, substance, or weight

   some mileage in the objectors' arguments

Word History and Origins

Origin of mileage¹

An Americanism dating back to 1745–55; mile + -age

Example Sentences

Equally noteworthy is the fact that injury rates in the static group, where runners logged more mileage with greater effort than the dynamic group, were 30 percent higher.

From Outside Online

If you’re a casual user and speed is key, you’ll get more mileage — and cover it a lot more quickly — with the best 2-in-1 laptop than you would with just a tablet.

From Popular-Science

Durant needs to be protected from this type of unnecessary mileage at all costs, no matter how sensational he has looked since the return from his Achilles’ injury.

From Washington Post

All three Kias are pleasant to drive, with decent gas mileage and sharp handling.

From Washington Blade

When we get a case, our role is simply to match them with a mileage pledge.

From Washington Post

Your mileage may vary, depending on your ideological priors.

From The Daily Beast

Car companies pursuing improved gas mileage, introducing more hybrids?

From The Daily Beast

Think about it: Before we buy a car, we can find various measures on everything from gas mileage to results of safety tests.

From The Daily Beast

Automotive engineers have known all along how to get better mileage.

From The Daily Beast

In fact, there are plenty of hybrids on the market that get worse mileage than regular vehicles.

From The Daily Beast

Given one more Division we might try: as things are, my troops won't cover the mileage.

From Project Gutenberg

It would be better yet if one's time permitted a still lower daily mileage.

From Project Gutenberg

Mileage's to get ye there an' take ye home again when term's over.

From Project Gutenberg

The total mileage run is very small, on account of the light traffic early in the year.

From Project Gutenberg

So that by 1880 the United States was already more amply furnished with transportation mileage than any country in Europe.

From Project Gutenberg

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