mileage

Plural: mileages

Noun

• distance measured in miles
• the ratio of the number of miles traveled to the number of gallons of gasoline burned
• a travel allowance at a given rate per mile traveled
• The total distance travelled in miles or in air miles.
• The number of miles travelled by a vehicle on a certain volume of fuel.
• An allowance for travel expenses at a specified rate per mile.
• The amount of service that something has yielded or may yield in future.
• Something worth taking into consideration.
• The total number of a person's past sexual encounters.

Examples

• "There’s quite a lot of mileage in language, speech and computing, particularly in research."
• "There’s some mileage in your argument."
• "This old PC has still got plenty of mileage in it."

Synonyms

fuel consumption rate, gas mileage, gasoline mileage, milage

Related Words

kilometrage, millage, your mileage may vary