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passenger miles

passenger miles is the plural 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

Questions about passenger miles

What is passenger miles the plural of?
Passenger miles is the plural of passenger mile.

Words near passenger miles in the dictionary

  1. passenger kilometer
  2. passenger kilometers
  3. passenger liner
  4. passenger liners
  5. passenger mile
  6. passenger miles
  7. passenger pigeon
  8. passenger pigeons
  9. passenger princess
  10. passenger princesses
  11. passenger seat

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