Mileage
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈmaɪləd͡ʒ/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Mileage is a noun meaning The total distance travelled in miles or in air miles.
Meaning
The total distance travelled in miles or in air miles.
More Meanings
- The number of miles travelled by a vehicle on a certain volume of fuel.
- An allowance for travel expenses at a specified rate per mile.
- (informal) The amount of service that something has yielded or may yield in future.
- (informal) Something worth taking into consideration.
- (slang) The total number of a person's past sexual encounters.
Example Sentences
There’s some mileage in your argument.
This old PC has still got plenty of mileage in it.
There’s quite a lot of mileage in language, speech and computing, particularly in research.
Having laid out these big-picture figures, the report then begins its analysis of traffic types against route mileage.
Word Forms
- mileages
- milage
Synonyms for mileage
Depending on context, synonyms include milage.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include milage, milestone, travelled, kilometric, mile, distance.
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