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passenger-mile

passenger-mile is the alternative form of passenger mile.

Meaning of passenger mile

Noun

passenger mile (plural passenger miles)

  1. A basic unit used by transport companies for calculating profit levels etc. It is calculated by multiplying total distance travelled in a given period by the number of passengers.
    • Remember, in 1993 BR was fighting its way through a recession which would see passenger miles fall to the lowest level since Bob Reid launched the business-led railway.2019 October, Roger Ford, “Class 365 fleet state-owned”, in Modern Railways, page 34

Forms of passenger-mile

pluralpassenger-miles

Questions about passenger-mile

What is passenger-mile the alternative form of?
Passenger-mile is the alternative form of passenger mile.

Words near passenger-mile in the dictionary

  1. passenger ships
  2. passenger train
  3. passenger trains
  4. passenger virus
  5. passenger viruses
  6. passenger-mile
  7. passenger-miles
  8. passenger-side
  9. passengered
  10. passengering
  11. passengerless

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