mileage

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Alternative forms

• milage

Noun

mileage (uncountable)

1. the total distance, in miles, travelled
2. the number of miles travelled by a vehicle on a certain volume of fuel
3. mileage allowance, an allowance for travel expenses at a specified rate per mile
4. (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.

5. (informal) something worth taking into consideration

   There's some mileage in your argument.

Translations

total distance travelled

• Finnish: matkan pituus (fi), ajomatka (fi), ajokilometrit (fi) pl

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kjørelengde (nb) m and f

• Russian: пробег (ru) (probeg)

distance travelled on certain amount of fuel

• Finnish: See: polttoaineenkulutus (fi)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: rekkevidde (nb) m and f

  Nynorsk: rekkevidd (nn) f

allowance for travel expenses per distance travelled

• Finnish: kilometrikorvaus (fi)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kilometergodtgjørelse (nb) m and f

  Nynorsk: kilometergodtgjering (nn) f

amount of service

• Finnish: käyttöikä (fi)

something worth taking into consideration

• Finnish: järki (fi)

• Norwegian: poeng (no) n

See also

• kilometrage
• millage
• your mileage may vary