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negamile

negamile noun: a proposed unit of saved travel, equivalent to one mile not travelled.

Noun

negamile (plural negamiles)

  1. A proposed unit of saved travel, equivalent to one mile not travelled.
    • [I]nstead of tolls, he talks about negamiles — paying people to stay off the roads, so they needn't be built and mended so much. So far, however, no negamile programs exist[…]1992 July, Popular Science, volume 241, number 1, page 96
    • By creating markets in negamiles and negatrips, society could discover what it's worth to pay people to stay off the roads[…]1999, Paul Hawken, Amory B. Lovins, L. Hunter Lovins, Natural Capitalism: The Next Industrial Revolution, page 281

Forms of negamile

pluralnegamiles

Origin of negamile

Blend of negative + mile, equivalent to nega- + mile. Compare negawatt.

Questions about negamile

What does negamile mean?
Negamile means a proposed unit of saved travel, equivalent to one mile not travelled.
What part of speech is negamile?
Negamile is a noun.
What is the plural of negamile?
The plural of negamile is negamiles.

Words near negamile in the dictionary

  1. negafibonacci
  2. negaholic
  3. negaholics
  4. negaholism
  5. negamax
  6. negamile
  7. negamiles
  8. negand
  9. negands
  10. Negapatam
  11. Negapatan

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