Hypertext Webster Gateway: "mileage"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Mileage \Mile"age\ (?; 48), n.
1. An allowance for traveling expenses at a certain rate per
mile.
2. Aggregate length or distance in miles; esp., the sum of
lengths of tracks or wires of a railroad company,
telegraph company, etc. [Written also {milage}.]
{Constructive mileage}, a mileage allowed for journeys
supposed to be made, but not actually made. --Bartlett.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
mileage
n 1: distance measured in miles [syn: {milage}]
2: the ratio of the number of miles traveled to the number of
gallons of gasoline burned [syn: {fuel consumption}, {miles
per gallon}]
3: a travel allowance at a given rate per mile traveled
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