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mileage.

The total distance travelled in miles or in air miles.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈmaɪləd͡ʒ//ˈmaɪlɪd͡ʒ/
  1. The total distance travelled in miles or in air miles.

    countable · uncountable
  2. The number of miles travelled by a vehicle on a certain volume of fuel.

    countable · uncountable
  3. An allowance for travel expenses at a specified rate per mile.

    countable · uncountable
  4. A fee based on miles of use, as of an automobile or a railroad car.

    countable · uncountable
  5. The amount of service that something has yielded or may yield in future.

    countable · informal · uncountable
    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.
  6. Something worth taking into consideration.

    countable · informal · uncountable
    There’s some mileage in your argument.
  7. The total number of a person's past sexual encounters.

    countable · slang · uncountable
Where this word comes from

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.

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