MILEAGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mileage mean? 

• MILEAGE (noun)
  The noun MILEAGE has 3 senses:

1. distance measured in miles

2. the ratio of the number of miles traveled to the number of gallons of gasoline burned

3. a travel allowance at a given rate per mile traveled

  Familiarity information: MILEAGE used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MILEAGE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Distance measured in miles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

milage; mileage

Hypernyms ("mileage" is a kind of...):

distance (the property created by the space between two objects or points)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The ratio of the number of miles traveled to the number of gallons of gasoline burned

Classified under:

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

Synonyms:

fuel consumption rate; gas mileage; gasoline mileage; mileage

Hypernyms ("mileage" is a kind of...):

ratio (the relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient))

Sense 3

Meaning:

A travel allowance at a given rate per mile traveled

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("mileage" is a kind of...):

travel allowance; travel reimbursement (a sum allowed for travel)