mileage Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun distance measured in miles
    milage.
  2. noun the ratio of the number of miles traveled to the number of gallons of gasoline burned
    fuel consumption rate; gasoline mileage; gas mileage.
  3. noun a travel allowance at a given rate per mile traveled

WordNet


Mile"age noun
Definitions
  1. An allowance for traveling expenses at a certain rate per mile.
  2. Aggregate length or distance in miles; esp., the sum of lengths of tracks or wires of a railroad company, telegraph company, etc. Written also milage. Bartlett.

Webster 1913