See Also: MILEAGE(law)
Mileage run(tourism)
mileage(dictionary)
mileage(medicine)
mileage(dictionary)
Mileage charge(tourism)
Mileage allowance(tourism)
Mileage allowance(finance)
Mileage Cap - Motor Sports(gambling)
Mileage Charges - Motor Sports(gambling)

mileage (iou)



mileage noun. Also milage. M18.
[from MILE + -AGE.]
a. A travel allowance at a fixed rate per mile. M18.
Guardian The newspaper..declined to pay mileage for the use of cars on the firm's business.
b. A rate per mile charged for the use of railway vehicles carrying goods or passengers over another company's line. M19.
a. A distance in miles; spec. (a) the number of miles of road made, used, or travelled; (b) the number of miles a vehicle can travel per litre, gallon, etc., of fuel. M19.
Time Taxes..on the purchase of cars with poor gas mileage. Lancaster Guardian Austin Montego..has 34,097 mileage.
b. fig. Benefit, profit, advantage; scope for investigation. M19.
B. T. Bradford He's such an opportunist he'll find a way to get mileage out of this. Notes & Queries There is still plenty of mileage in Hassett's approach, as her book proves.