Mileage definition and meaning

Mileage definition: Mileage refers to the distance that you have travelled, measured in miles. | Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples

Definition of ’mileage’

Word Frequency


mileage


(


m



lɪdʒ



)

Word forms:


plural


mileages


1.


uncountable noun


Mileage


refers

to the distance that you have travelled, measured in miles.


Most of their mileage is in and around town.


2.


uncountable noun

The

mileage

of a vehicle is the number of miles that it can travel using one gallon or

litre

of fuel.


They are willing to pay up to $500 more for cars that get better mileage.


3.


uncountable noun

The

mileage

in a particular

course

of action is its usefulness in

getting

you what you

want

.


It’s obviously important to get as much mileage out of the convention as possible.



[

+

out of/in


]


The administration clearly decided there was no mileage in provoking a huge row with
Congress.


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Word Frequency


mileage


in British English


or


milage


(


ˈmaɪlɪdʒ



)


noun


1.


2.

the

total

number of miles that a

motor


vehicle

has

travelled


3.


4.

the number of miles a motor vehicle

will

travel on one

gallon

of

fuel


5.


informal

use,

benefit

, or service provided by something
this scheme has a lot of mileage left


6.


informal


grounds

, substance, or

weight
some mileage in the objectors’ arguments

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Word Frequency


mileage


in American English


(


ˈmaɪlɪdʒ



)


US


noun


1.

an allowance for traveling expenses at a

specified

amount per mile


2.


aggregate

distance in miles or total number of miles traveled,

recorded

, etc.


3.

rate per mile, as in

allowing

for travel expenses or in

charging

for the use of

railroad


freight


cars


4.

the number of miles a motor vehicle will

go

on a gallon of fuel, a

tire

will

run

before it wears out, etc.


5.

the amount of use, service, or benefit one gets or can get from something
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Examples of ‘mileage’ in a sentence

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He was one of the few

international


leaders

who gave a

huge

amount of mileage.


Times, Sunday Times



(

2015

)


We get mileage out of

filling

in the

blanks


wrong

.


Times, Sunday Times



(

2012

)


The

coalition

has much mileage left in its

tanks

.


Times, Sunday Times



(

2011

)


Will anyone

buy

such a high mileage car?


Times, Sunday Times



(

2007

)


In this way

management

can get

extra

mileage out of the

dollars


invested

in the

orientation


program

.


A Conceptual View of Human Resource Management: Strategic Objectives, Environments,
Functions


That means there are mega

deals

around on cars with

low

mileage.


The Sun



(

2011

)


Cars with high mileage are

also

more

likely

to

fail

.


Times, Sunday Times



(

2011

)


Their car mileage also

tended

to

remain

high because they

still

ran

errands

that they used to carry out during their

commute

.


Times, Sunday Times



(

2010

)


My

colleagues

use a car for similar

journeys

, and they are

paid

a mileage allowance.


Times, Sunday Times



(

2008

)


The car was partially

restored

, had low mileage and a huge

history


file

.


Times, Sunday Times



(

2015

)

Show more…


In the

case

of a mileage allowance paid as an

advance

, the

excess

.


Christianity Today



(

2000

)


And that is

exactly

what this film does, getting much

comedy

mileage in the process.


Times, Sunday Times



(

2012

)


Long reps, getting up the mileage.


Times, Sunday Times



(

2014

)


It also gets

harder

as they get

older

– mileage takes its

toll

.


Times, Sunday Times



(

2011

)



Employees

are

offered

interest-free

season


ticket


loans

and are

able

to

claim


cycle

mileage allowance when using their

bike

at work.


Times, Sunday Times



(

2010

)



Soap


squeezes

as much mileage out of the

bathroom


angle

as it can, but the

performance

still

feels


stretched

into two acts.


Times, Sunday Times



(

2010

)



Doha


officials

were making much mileage from an

internet


poll

that gave them a

narrow


lead

with 53 per

cent

of the

vote

.


Times, Sunday Times



(

2011

)

COBUILD Collocations

mileage


high mileage

Trends of

mileage

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In other languages

mileage


British English

:


mileage


ˈmaɪlɪdʒ

/

NOUN


Mileage

refers to a distance that is travelled, measured in miles.
They kept track of their mileage.


American English

:


mileage


ˈmaɪlɪdʒ

/


Arabic

:

مَسَافَةٌ بِالْـمِيل


Brazilian Portuguese

:

milhagem


Chinese

:

英里数


Croatian

:

udaljenost u miljama


Czech

:

vzdálenost v mílích


Danish

:

kørsel


Dutch

:

totaal aantal afgelegde mijlen


European Spanish

:


kilometraje


Finnish

:

mailimäärä


French

:


kilométrage


German

:


Meilenzahl


Greek

:

απόσταση σε μίλια


Italian

:


chilometraggio


Japanese

:

総マイル数


Korean

:

총 마일수


Norwegian

:

antall miles


Polish

:

odległość w milach


European Portuguese

:


quilometragem


Romanian

:

distanță în mile


Russian

:

расстояние в милях


Latin American Spanish

:


kilometraje


Swedish

:

vägsträcka i engelska miles


Thai

:

ระยะทางเป็นไมล์


Turkish

:

mil hesabıyla uzaklık


Ukrainian

:

відстань у милях


Vietnamese

:

tổng số dặm đã đi được


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mileage

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