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mil⋅age

[mahy-lij]
–noun
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mile⋅age

[mahy-lij]
–noun
1. the aggregate number of miles traveled over in a given time.
2. length, extent, or distance in miles.
3. the number of miles or the average distance that a vehicle can travel on a specified quantity of fuel: the car gets good mileage.
4. wear, use, advantage, or profit: She won't get much more mileage out of this old coat.
5. an allowance for traveling expenses at a fixed rate per mile: His mileage came to $90.
6. a fixed charge per mile, as for railroad transportation.
7. mileage ticket.
Also, milage.


Origin:
1745–55, Americanism; mile + -age
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mil·age   (mī'lĭj)   
n.  Variant of mileage.
mile·age also mil·age   (mī'lĭj)   
n.  
  1. Total length, extent, or distance measured or expressed in miles.

  2. Total miles covered or traveled in a given time.

  3. The amount of service, use, or wear estimated by miles used or traveled: This tire will give very good mileage.

  4. The number of miles traveled by a motor vehicle on a given quantity of fuel.

    1. An allowance for travel expenses established at a specified rate per mile.

    2. Expense per mile, as for the use of a car.

  5. Informal The amount of service something has yielded or may yield in the future; usefulness: a tape player that still has a lot of mileage left.

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