Definitions for mileage

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mileage mile·age

Spelling: [mahy-lij]

IPA: /ˈmaɪ lɪdʒ/

Mileage is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 144 anagrams from letters in mileage (aeegilm).

Definitions for mileage

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:
4. wear, use, advantage, or profit:
5. an allowance for traveling expenses at a fixed rate per mile:
6. a fixed charge per mile, as for railroad transportation.
7. mileage ticket.

Origin of mileage

An Americanism dating back to 1745-55; mile + -age

Examples for mileage

Plastic Jungle has worked out a pretty sweet deal with the United Airlines mileage program.

It was the mileage made on October 12th, 1492, that counted.

A new Obama campaign ad accuses Romney of standing with Big Oil, from subsidies to renewable energy to mileage standards.

So he opened it, and leaned over to have a look at the odometer to check the mileage.

The mileage was small and, instead of elation, I felt discouragement.

Look at the mileage and check out the vehicle—if it looks too good to be true, it probably is.

Notoriously, he observed, the mileage of members was scandalously small.

mileage's to get ye there an' take ye home again when term's over.

Your mileage may vary, of course: for a non-baker, I'd say that a food processor is hands down the most useful.

Your mileage may vary, depending on your ideological priors.