mileage

• milage

mile +‎ -age

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaɪləd͡ʒ/, IPA^(key): /ˈmaɪlɪd͡ʒ/

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mileage (countable and uncountable, plural mileages)

1. The total distance travelled in miles or in air miles.
   • 1952 January, “Notes and News: The Indian Regrouping Scheme”, in Railway Magazine, pages 62-63:

     In June, 1950, therefore, the Railway Board prepared a tentative regrouping scheme, which contemplated the formation of six new railway systems, each serving a specific zone, and consisting of approximately 5,000 to 6,000 route-miles of line, the total mileage being 33,000.

   • 2023 March 8, Gareth Dennis, “The Reshaping of things to come...”, in RAIL, number 978, page 46:

     Having laid out these big-picture figures, the report then begins its analysis of traffic types against route mileage.

2. The number of miles travelled by a vehicle on a certain volume of fuel.
3. An allowance for travel expenses at a specified rate per mile.
4. (informal) The amount of service that something has yielded or may yield in future.

   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.

5. (informal) Something worth taking into consideration.

   There’s some mileage in your argument.

6. (slang) The number of sexual encounters by which a woman’s sexual market value is projected.
   • 2019 February 1, Fredo (lyrics and music), “Mmhm” (track 3, 0:48–0:59 from the start), in Third Avenue‎:

     Now she's phoning me on private
     When I told her I don't like it
     She's a ho and she got mileage
     Probably more miles than my whip (Skrrt)
     I see it then I buy it
     She's still eating on my privates

• kilometrage
• millage
• your mileage may vary