1
: an allowance for traveling expenses at a certain rate per mile
2
: aggregate length or distance in miles: such 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
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Examples of mileage in a Sentence
a car with high mileage
My new car gets much better mileage than my old one did.
The company has gotten a lot of mileage out of a simple idea.
The movie gets a lot of mileage out of an old story.
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Among the requirements has been the need to report test mileage and disengagements, reports that revealed that Tesla's testing has in fact been extremely limited within that state's borders since 2016.
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Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 10 Feb. 2025
Board members also voted to keep their annual salary at $3,500 and set their mileage reimbursement rate according to Internal Revenue Service guidelines – currently 56.5 cents per mile.
—Jorge Sosa, Twin Cities, 8 Feb. 2025
That’s a lot of mileage for any football player, let alone someone who has so often been the crux of his team’s offensive attack.
—Kyle Feldscher, CNN, 5 Feb. 2025
Like Alaska, Delta maintains the right to reject mileage requests in the case of severe weather or other conditions outside the airline’s control.
—Bailey Berg, AFAR Media, 5 Feb. 2025
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Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 10 Feb. 2025
Board members also voted to keep their annual salary at $3,500 and set their mileage reimbursement rate according to Internal Revenue Service guidelines – currently 56.5 cents per mile.
—Jorge Sosa, Twin Cities, 8 Feb. 2025
That’s a lot of mileage for any football player, let alone someone who has so often been the crux of his team’s offensive attack.
—Kyle Feldscher, CNN, 5 Feb. 2025
Like Alaska, Delta maintains the right to reject mileage requests in the case of severe weather or other conditions outside the airline’s control.
—Bailey Berg, AFAR Media, 5 Feb. 2025
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“Mileage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mileage. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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mileage
noun
mile·age
ˈmī-lij 
1
: an allowance for traveling expenses at a certain rate per mile
2
: distance or distance covered in miles
3
: the number of miles that something (as a tire) will travel before wearing out
4
: the average number of miles a vehicle will travel on a gallon of gasoline
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