mileage

Noun

mileage (countable and uncountable, plural mileages)

1. The total distance travelled in miles or in air miles.
   • But beyond these cut-offs, to avoid the wholesale alteration of all mileposting and mileages—of bridges and culverts, for example—the original mileposts have remained unaltered.1946 July and August, “Mileposts and their Peculiarities”, in Railway Magazine, page 217
   • In June, 1950, therefore, the Railway Board prepared a tentative regrouping scheme, which contemplated the formation of six new railway systems, each serving a specific zone, and consisting of approximately 5,000 to 6,000 route-miles of line, the total mileage being 33,000.1952 January, “Notes and News: The Indian Regrouping Scheme”, in Railway Magazine, pages 62-63
2. The number of miles travelled by a vehicle on a certain volume of fuel.
   • On the other hand, there will be widespread agreement with Sir Brian's belief that, when a British main line has been completely dieselised and the schedules have been recast to suit the new traction, much higher daily mileages than 350 are not only possible but requisite, at least in the early...1961 July, “Editorial: Sir Brian begs the questions”, in Trains Illustrated, page 386
3. An allowance for travel expenses at a specified rate per mile.
4. A fee based on miles of use, as of an automobile or a railroad car.
5. (informal) The amount of service that something has yielded or may yield in future.
   • This old PC has still got plenty of mileage in it.
   • There’s quite a lot of mileage in language, speech and computing, particularly in research.
6. (informal) Something worth taking into consideration.
   • There’s some mileage in your argument.
7. (slang) The total number of a person's past sexual encounters.
   • Now she's phoning me on private
     When I told her I don't like it
     She's a ho and she got mileage
     Probably more miles than my whip (Skrrt)
     I see it then I buy it
     She's still eating on my privates2019 February 1, Fredo, “Mmhm” (track 3, 0:48–0:59 from the start), in Third Avenue

   Synonyms:

   body count