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
