Miles vs. Mileage

Milesnoun

plural of mile

Mileagenoun

The total distance travelled in miles or in air miles.

Milesnoun

(informal) A great distance in space or time.

‘His final shot missed the bullseye by miles.’; ‘From the top of the hill you can see for miles.’; ‘No need to hurry. The deadline is miles away.’;

Mileagenoun

The number of miles travelled by a vehicle on a certain volume of fuel.

Milesadverb

much; a lot used to emphasise a comparative

‘Her new paintings are miles better than her older ones.’;

Mileagenoun

An allowance for travel expenses at a specified rate per mile.

Mileagenoun

(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.’; ‘There’s quite a lot of mileage in language, speech and computing, particularly in research.’;

Mileagenoun

(informal) Something worth taking into consideration.

‘There’s some mileage in your argument.’;

Mileagenoun

An allowance for traveling expenses at a certain rate per mile.

Mileagenoun

Aggregate length or distance in miles; esp., the sum of lengths of tracks or wires of a railroad company, telegraph company, etc.

Mileagenoun

The number of miles that a vehicle can travel after consuming a certain quantity of fuel; in the United States, usually expressed in units of miles per gallon; as, smaller cars tend to get better mileage. It is sometimes used as a nmeasure of the energy efficiency of a vehicle.

Mileagenoun

Use, profit or advantage; as, he got a lot of mileage out of one hit record.

Mileagenoun

distance measured in miles

Mileagenoun

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

Mileagenoun

a travel allowance at a given rate per mile traveled

Mileagenoun

a number of miles travelled or covered

‘the car is in good condition, considering its mileage’;

Mileagenoun

travelling expenses paid according to the number of miles travelled

‘the mileage rate will be 30p per mile’;

Mileagenoun

actual or potential benefit or use to be derived from a situation or event

‘he was getting a lot of mileage out of the mix-up’;