mileage

mileage

This old PC has still got plenty of mileage in it.

b) the number of miles travelled by a vehicle on a certain volume of fuel

Theres some mileage in your argument.


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  • mileage — mile‧age [ˈmaɪlɪdʒ] noun [uncountable] 1. an amount of money paid for each mile that is travelled by someone using a car for work: • The mileage allowance for use of a personal car for business is up to 44 cents a mile. 2. the amount of use or… …   Financial and business terms

  • 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,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Mileage — is literally a distance measured in miles. Motor Vehicles Fuel economy in automobiles (US) Distance travelled as measured by an odometer (UK) This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title. If an …   Wikipedia

  • mileage — index space Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • mileage — (n.) 1754, fixed rate per mile, from MILE (Cf. mile) + AGE (Cf. age). Meaning a total number of miles is from 1861 …   Etymology dictionary

  • mileage — with two es, is the recommended spelling, not milage …   Modern English usage

  • mileage — (also milage) ► NOUN 1) a number of miles travelled or covered. 2) informal actual or potential benefit or advantage …   English terms dictionary

  • mileage — ☆ mileage [mīl′ij ] n. 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… …   English World dictionary

  • mileage — (also milage) noun ADJECTIVE ▪ annual, weekly ▪ good, high, low ▪ cars that get better mileage ▪ Car for sal …   Collocations dictionary

  • mileage — mile|age [ˈmaılıdʒ] n 1.) [C usually singular, U] the number of miles a vehicle has travelled since it was made ▪ Always check the mileage before you buy a secondhand car. 2.) [C usually singular, U] the number of miles someone travels in a… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • mileage — mile|age [ maılıdʒ ] noun 1. ) singular the number of miles that a vehicle has traveled since it was made, or in a particular period of time: What kind of mileage does the car have on it? high/low mileage: a car with high mileage a ) uncount… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

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