negamile en · NOUN
Etymology
Blend of negative + mile, equivalent to nega- + mile. Compare negawatt.
Meanings
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A proposed unit of saved travel, equivalent to one mile not travelled.
[I]nstead of tolls, he talks about negamiles — paying people to stay off the roads, so they needn't be built and mended so much. So far, however, no negamile programs exist[…]
1992 July, Popular Science, volume 241, number 1, page 96:By creating markets in negamiles and negatrips, society could discover what it's worth to pay people to stay off the roads[…]
1999, Paul Hawken, Amory B. Lovins, L. Hunter Lovins, Natural Capitalism: The Next Industrial Revolution, page 281:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| negamiles | Number=Plur | lexicographic |