mileage
Americannoun
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mileages
plural
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the aggregate number of miles traveled over in a given time.
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length, extent, or distance in miles.
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the number of miles or the average distance that a vehicle can travel on a specified quantity of fuel.
the car gets good mileage.
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wear, use, advantage, or profit.
She won't get much more mileage out of this old coat.
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an allowance for traveling expenses at a fixed rate per mile.
His mileage came to $90.
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a fixed charge per mile, as for railroad transportation.
noun
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a distance expressed in miles
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the total number of miles that a motor vehicle has travelled
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allowance for travelling expenses, esp as a fixed rate per mile
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the number of miles a motor vehicle will travel on one gallon of fuel
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informal use, benefit, or service provided by something
this scheme has a lot of mileage left
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informal grounds, substance, or weight
some mileage in the objectors' arguments
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Give it your declining heart-rate variability, shortened sleep, increased mileage and stressful Tuesday, and it can fashion a plausible story connecting them, even when the explanation remains uncertain.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
The council still subsidises other services, which are contributing to their supported mileage rather than the DRT.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
Escalante, who lives in Bakersfield, said she also has to drive her client to the grocery store, and that mileage reimbursements are not enough to cover her costs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026
They sold a 2021 Mitsubishi car for $15,000 and bought a cheaper Prius that had good gas mileage for $8,000 in cash.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026
That may seem a meaningless figure, but look at it this way—it is eight times the total mileage of America’s interstate highway system.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
At low mileages, some of them were snapping off, he said.
From BBC ● Dec. 18, 2024
Using a 5 percent significance level, test the hypothesis that the three mean commuting mileages are the same.
From Textbooks ● Mar. 27, 2020
But in five days of following Young’s every move, Cantrell didn’t witness any indication that he was capable of achieving the mileages he claimed in the first days of his transcontinental run.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 22, 2016
There are various trails up to the central and west peaks of Squak with mileages in the six- to seven-mile range and elevation gains approaching but usually not exceeding 2,000 feet.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 21, 2015
For this ideal journey the senators are allowed their mileages, as if the journey was actually made.
From Nature and Human Nature by Thomas Chandler Haliburton
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