MILEAGE


Meaning of MILEAGE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈmī-lij ]

noun

Date: 1754

1. : an allowance for traveling expenses at a certain rate per mile

2. : aggregate length or distance in miles: as

a. : the total miles traveled especially in a given period of time

b. : the amount of service that something will yield especially as expressed in terms of miles of travel

c. : the average number of miles a motor vehicle will travel on a gallon of gasoline that is used as a measure of fuel economy

gets good mileage

3.

a. : usefulness

got a lot of mileage left in it

b. : benefit derived from something

got good political mileage from the debates

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.