Definify.com

Webster 1913 Edition


Mileage

Mile′age

(mīl′ā̍j; 48)
,
Noun.
1.
An allowance for traveling expenses at a certain rate per mile.
2.
Aggregate length or distance in miles; esp., the sum of lengths of tracks or wires of a railroad company, telegraph company, etc.
[Written also
milage
.]
Constructive mileage
,
a mileage allowed for journeys supposed to be made, but not actually made.
Bartlett.

Webster 1828 Edition


Mileage

MI'LEAGE

,
Noun.
Fees paid for travel by the mile.

Definition 2024


mileage

mileage

English

Alternative forms

Noun

mileage (countable and uncountable, plural mileages)

  1. The total distance travelled in miles or in air miles.
  2. The number of miles travelled by a vehicle on a certain volume of fuel.
  3. Mileage allowance, an allowance for travel expenses at a specified rate per mile.
  4. (informal) The amount of service that something has yielded or may yield in future.
    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.
  5. (informal) Something worth taking into consideration.
    There's some mileage in your argument.

Translations

See also