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passenger mile

or passen·ger-mile

noun

  1. a unit of measurement, consisting of one mile traveled by a passenger, that airlines, railroads, and other public transportation facilities use in recording volume of traffic.


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Other Words From

  • passenger mileage noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of passenger mile1

First recorded in 1900–05
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Example Sentences

Of course, the most effective way to lower emissions, per passenger mile, is to get more people on the bus.

The passenger-mile—representing the progress of one train over one mile of track—is the unit of that form of traffic.

A passenger-mile, as we know already, is one of the units in estimating the traffic revenue of a railroad.

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