Mileage
['maɪlɪdʒ]
Definition
(noun.) distance measured in miles.
(noun.) a travel allowance at a given rate per mile traveled.
(noun.) the ratio of the number of miles traveled to the number of gallons of gasoline burned.
Editor: Sallust--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) An allowance for traveling expenses at a certain rate per mile.
(n.) Aggregate length or distance in miles; esp., the sum of lengths of tracks or wires of a railroad company, telegraph company, etc.
Typist: Manfred
Examples
- The telephone wire mileage in the United States is over 22,000,000 miles. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- At the end of the year 1898 there were in use in the United States 36,746 locomotives, 1,318,700 cars, and the mileage in tracks, including second track and sidings, was 245,238. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
Typed by Angelo