mileage

or mil·age

[mahy-lij]

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noun

the aggregate number of miles traveled over in a given time.

length, extent, or distance in miles.

the number of miles or the average distance that a vehicle can travel on a specified quantity of fuel: the car gets good mileage.

wear, use, advantage, or profit: She won't get much more mileage out of this old coat.

an allowance for traveling expenses at a fixed rate per mile: His mileage came to $90.

a fixed charge per mile, as for railroad transportation.

mileage ticket.

Origin of mileage

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

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Related Words for mileage

length, distance, range, space, span, measure

Examples from the Web for mileage

Contemporary Examples of mileage

Your mileage may vary, depending on your ideological priors.
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Conor P. Williams
March 31, 2014
Plastic Jungle has worked out a pretty sweet deal with the United Airlines mileage program.
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Nina Strochlic
December 26, 2012
Look at the mileage and check out the vehicle—if it looks too good to be true, it probably is.
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Eliza Shapiro
November 13, 2012
Your mileage may vary, of course: for a non-baker, I'd say that a food processor is hands down the most useful.
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Megan McArdle
October 26, 2012
A new Obama campaign ad accuses Romney of standing with Big Oil, from subsidies to renewable energy to mileage standards.
Obama Ad Pins High Gas Prices on Romney, ‘Candidate of Big Oil’
Daniel Stone
April 5, 2012

Historical Examples of mileage

Notoriously, he observed, the mileage of members was scandalously small.
Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 12, June 18, 1870
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The mileage was small and, instead of elation, I felt discouragement.
A Negro Explorer at the North Pole
Matthew A. Henson
Mileage's to get ye there an' take ye home again when term's over.
The Calico Cat
Charles Miner Thompson
It was the mileage made on October 12th, 1492, that counted.
Evening Round Up
William Crosbie Hunter
So he opened it, and leaned over to have a look at the odometer to check the mileage.
Out Like a Light
Gordon Randall Garrett

British Dictionary definitions for mileage

mileage

milage

noun

a distance expressed in miles

the total number of miles that a motor vehicle has travelled

allowance for travelling expenses, esp as a fixed rate per mile

the number of miles a motor vehicle will travel on one gallon of fuel

informal use, benefit, or service provided by somethingthis scheme has a lot of mileage left

informal grounds, substance, or weightsome mileage in the objectors' arguments

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Word Origin and History for mileage

1754, "fixed rate per mile," from mile + -age. Meaning "a total number of miles" is from 1861.