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mileage

/ˈmaɪləd͡ʒ/noun2 syllables

Mileage means: the ratio of the number of miles traveled to the number of gallons of gasoline burned.

Synonyms for mileage5

noun, as in the ratio of the number of miles traveled to the number of gallons of gasoline burned

fuel consumption rate, gasoline mileage, gas mileage

noun, as in distance measured in miles

milage

also used for mileage

body count

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What does mileage mean?3

noun

1

the ratio of the number of miles traveled to the number of gallons of gasoline burned

2

distance measured in miles

3

a travel allowance at a given rate per mile traveled

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Mileage in a sentence

  • It's not the years, honey, it's the mileage.Igider
  • What is the fuel mileage of this car?unknown
  • What mileage do you get with this car?CK
  • What kind of mileage do you get on this thing?Delian
  • My employer reimburses me for expenses like parking and mileage.MelisJ
  • A four-by-four will usually have much worse gas mileage than a compact.mccarras
  • My new car gets better gas mileage than my old one.CK
  • My new car gets much better mileage than the old one.nana2capriccio

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of mileage

as a noun

plural
mileages