mileage : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: mileage	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for mileage
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mileage n distance measured in miles Synonym(s): mileage, milage the ratio of the number of miles traveled to the number of gallons of gasoline burned Synonym(s): mileage, fuel consumption rate, gasoline mileage, gas mileage a travel allowance at a given rate per mile traveled
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mileage \Mile"age\ (?; 48), n. 1. An allowance for traveling expenses at a certain rate per mile. 2. Aggregate length or distance in miles; esp., the sum of lengths of tracks or wires of a railroad company, telegraph company, etc. [Written also {milage}.] {Constructive mileage}, a mileage allowed for journeys supposed to be made, but not actually made. --Bartlett.