Definition of mileage
1
: an allowance for traveling expenses at a certain rate per mile
2
: aggregate length or distance in miles: such as
a
: the total miles traveled especially in a given period of time
b
: the amount of service that something will yield especially as expressed in terms of miles of travel
c
: the average number of miles a motor vehicle will travel on a gallon of gasoline that is used as a measure of fuel economy
- gets good mileage
3 a
: usefulness
- got a lot of mileage left in it
b
: benefit derived from something
- got good political mileage from the debates
