'Mileage' definitions:
Definition of 'mileage'
From: WordNet
noun
Distance measured in miles [syn: mileage, milage]
noun
The ratio of the number of miles traveled to the number of gallons of gasoline burned [syn: mileage, fuel consumption rate, gasoline mileage, gas mileage]
noun
A travel allowance at a given rate per mile traveled
Definition of 'Mileage'
From: GCIDE
- Mileage \Mile"age\ (m[imac]l"[asl]j; 48), n.
- 1. An allowance for traveling expenses at a certain rate per mile. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Aggregate length or distance in miles; esp., the sum of lengths of tracks or wires of a railroad company, telegraph company, etc. [Written also milage.] [1913 Webster]
- 3. The number of miles that a vehicle can travel after consuming a certain quantity of fuel; in the United States, usually expressed in units of miles per gallon; as, smaller cars tend to get better mileage. It is sometimes used as a nmeasure of the energy efficiency of a vehicle. [PJC]
- 4. Use, profit or advantage; as, he got a lot of mileage out of one hit record. [PJC]
- Constructive mileage, a mileage allowed for journeys supposed to be made, but not actually made. --Bartlett. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'mileage'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- account,
- aesthetic distance,
- allowance,
- assessment,
- bill,
- blackmail,
- blood money,
- clearance,
- compass,
- deep space,
- depths of space,
- distance,
- divergence,
- emolument,
- extension,
- extent,
- farness,
- fee,
- footing,
- hush money,
- infinity,
- initiation fee,
- leeway,
- length,
- lengthiness,
- light-years,
- linear measures,
- long time,
- longitude,
- longness,
- margin,
- measure,
- overall length,
- parsecs,
- perpetuity,
- perspective,
- piece,
- range,
- reach,
- reckoning,
- remoteness,
- retainer,
- retaining fee,
- scot,
- separation,
- space,
- span,
- stipend,
- stretch,
- stride,
- tribute,
- way,
- ways,
- yardage