mileage
noun/ˈmaɪləd͡ʒ/ · /ˈmaɪlɪd͡ʒ/
Etymology From mile + -age.
7 senses
- 1The total distance travelled in miles or in air miles.
- 2The number of miles travelled by a vehicle on a certain…
- 3An allowance for travel expenses at a specified rate per mile.
- 4A fee based on miles of use, as of an automobile or a…
- 5The amount of service that something has yielded or may…
- 6Something worth taking into consideration.
- 7The total number of a person's past sexual encounters.
1
The total distance travelled in miles or in air miles.
- But beyond these cut-offs, to avoid the wholesale alteration of all mileposting and mileages—of bridges and culverts, for example—the original mileposts have remained unaltered.1946 July and August, “Mileposts and their Peculiarities”, in Railway Magazine, page 217:
- 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 33,000.1952 January, “Notes and News: The Indian Regrouping Scheme”, in Railway Magazine, pages 62-63:
1 more example
- Having laid out these big-picture figures, the report then begins its analysis of traffic types against route mileage.2023 March 8, Gareth Dennis, “The Reshaping of things to come...”, in RAIL, number 978, page 46:
2
The number of miles travelled by a vehicle on a certain volume of fuel.
- On the other hand, there will be widespread agreement with Sir Brian's belief that, when a British main line has been completely dieselised and the schedules have been recast to suit the new traction, much higher daily mileages than 350 are not only possible but requisite, at least in the early stages of dieselisation.1961 July 23, “Editorial: Sir Brian begs the questions”, in Trains Illustrated, page 386:
3
An allowance for travel expenses at a specified rate per mile.
4
A fee based on miles of use, as of an automobile or a railroad car.
5
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.
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- Don't waste your money on a new set of speakers / You get more mileage from a cheap pair of sneakers / Next phase, new wave, dance craze, anyways / It's still rock and roll to me1980, Billy Joel, “It's Still Rock and Roll to Me”, in Glass Houses:
6
Informal Something worth taking into consideration.
- There’s some mileage in your argument.
7
Slang The total number of a person's past sexual encounters.
- 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 privates2019 February 1, Fredo, “Mmhm” (track 3, 0:48–0:59 from the start), in Third Avenue: