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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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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Rob Salkowitz, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
Engineers can get a lot of mileage from these imperfect transistors—in 2013, Li’s advisors Wong and Subhasish Mitra made an entire computer based on such devices.
—IEEE Spectrum, 12 Dec. 2024
The listing doesn’t include the mileage, but the car looks to have been
Interested?
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 11 Dec. 2024
Gamers on a budget who value function over flashy designs will get the most mileage out of this $250 discount.
—PCMAG, 3 Dec. 2024
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“Mileage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mileage. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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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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