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mileage en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈmaɪləd͡ʒ/
• /ˈmaɪlɪd͡ʒ/

Etymology

Etymology tree English mile Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Old French -agebor. Middle English -age English -age English mileage From mile + -age.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The total distance travelled in miles or in air miles.
   • Having laid out these big-picture figures, the report then begins its analysis of traffic types against route mileage. 2023 March 8, Gareth Dennis, “The Reshaping of things to come...”, in RAIL, number 978, page 46:
   • In June, 1950, therefore, the Railway Board prepared a tentative regrouping scheme, which contemplated the formation of six new railway systems, each serving a specific zone, and consisting of approximately 5,000 to 6,000 route-miles of line, the total mileage being 33,000. 1952 January, “Notes and News: The Indian Regrouping Scheme”, in Railway Magazine, pages 62-63:
   • But beyond these cut-offs, to avoid the wholesale alteration of all mileposting and mileages—of bridges and culverts, for example—the original mileposts have remained unaltered. 1946 July and August, “Mileposts and their Peculiarities”, in Railway Magazine, page 217:
2. (countable, uncountable) The number of miles travelled by a vehicle on a certain volume of fuel.
   • On the other hand, there will be widespread agreement with Sir Brian's belief that, when a British main line has been completely dieselised and the schedules have been recast to suit the new traction, much higher daily mileages than 350 are not only possible but requisite, at least in the early stages of dieselisation. 1961 July 14, “Editorial: Sir Brian begs the questions”, in Trains Illustrated, page 386:
3. (countable, uncountable) An allowance for travel expenses at a specified rate per mile.
4. (countable, uncountable) A fee based on miles of use, as of an automobile or a railroad car.
5. (countable, informal, uncountable) 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.
   • Don't waste your money on a new set of speakers / You get more mileage from a cheap pair of sneakers / Next phase, new wave, dance craze, anyways / It's still rock and roll to me 1980, Billy Joel, “It's Still Rock and Roll to Me”, in Glass Houses:
6. (countable, informal, uncountable) Something worth taking into consideration.
   • There’s some mileage in your argument.
7. (countable, slang, uncountable) The total number of a person's past sexual encounters.
   • Now she's phoning me on private When I told her I don't like it She's a ho and she got mileage Probably more miles than my whip (Skrrt) I see it then I buy it She's still eating on my privates 2019 February 1, Fredo, “Mmhm” (track 3, 0:48–0:59 from the start), in Third Avenue:

Forms

Deriveds

maximum permitted mileage · ton mileage · your mileage may vary · make mileage out of · ticket point mileage · your mileage may differ · car mileage

Relateds

your mileage may vary · odometry · kilometrage · millage

Synonyms

body count

Translations (51)

fi matkan pituus (total distance travelled) · fr kilometrage (total distance travelled) · nb kjørelengde (total distance travelled) · nb drivstofforbruk (distance travelled on certain amount of fuel) · pl kilometrówka (allowance for travel expenses per distance travelled) · tr yolluk (allowance for travel expenses per distance travelled) · hu élettartam (amount of service) · ru пробег (number of sexual encounters) · tr harcırah (allowance for travel expenses per distance travelled) · az yürüş (total distance travelled) · es odometraje (total distance travelled) · nn rekkevidd (distance travelled on certain amount of fuel) · ru пробе́г (total distance travelled) · sv miltal (total distance travelled) · fi käyttöikä (amount of service) · de Reichweite (distance travelled on certain amount of fuel) · hu megtett kilométerek (total distance travelled) · fr millage (total distance travelled) · de Laufzeit (amount of service) · nb rekkevidde (distance travelled on certain amount of fuel) · uk кілометра́ж (total distance travelled) · bg пробег (distance travelled on certain amount of fuel) · sv räckvidd (distance travelled on certain amount of fuel) · de Fahrleistung (total distance travelled) · nb kilometergodtgjørelse (allowance for travel expenses per distance travelled) · de Gehalt (something worth taking into consideration) · fi järki (something worth taking into consideration) · hu útiköltség-térítés (allowance for travel expenses per distance travelled) · de Kilometergeld (allowance for travel expenses per distance travelled) · fr consommation (distance travelled on certain amount of fuel) · es millaje (total distance travelled) · pl przebieg (total distance travelled) · hu futásteljesítmény (total distance travelled) · bg пътни пари (allowance for travel expenses per distance travelled) · sv bensinförbrukning (distance travelled on certain amount of fuel) · pt milhagem (total distance travelled) · hu adott üzemanyaggal megtett távolság (distance travelled on certain amount of fuel) · hu fantázia (something worth taking into consideration) · no poeng (something worth taking into consideration) · uk пробі́г (total distance travelled) · ko 마일리지 (total distance travelled) · nn kilometergodtgjering (allowance for travel expenses per distance travelled) · bg километра́ж (total distance travelled) · fi kilometrikorvaus (allowance for travel expenses per distance travelled) · fi kantama (distance travelled on certain amount of fuel) · fi ajokilometrit (total distance travelled) · ko 주행거리 (distance travelled on certain amount of fuel) · fi ajomatka (total distance travelled) · hu kilométerpénz (allowance for travel expenses per distance travelled) · de Laufleistung (total distance travelled) · de Kilometerpauschale (allowance for travel expenses per distance travelled)