English Online Dictionary. What means mileage? What does mileage mean?
English
Alternative forms
- milage
Etymology
From mile + -age.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmaɪləd͡ʒ/, IPA(key): /ˈmaɪlɪd͡ʒ/
Noun
mileage (countable and uncountable, plural mileages)
- The total distance travelled in miles or in air miles.
- 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.
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See also
- kilometrage
- millage
- your mileage may vary