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
Examples of mileage in a Sentence
a car with high mileage
My new car gets much better mileage than my old one did.
The company has gotten a lot of mileage out of a simple idea.
The movie gets a lot of mileage out of an old story.
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Just as your mileage will vary out there, your people will too.
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Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026
Under the spending section, public records show Hulsey files expense claims for his dry cleaning and mileage to and from city hall.
—Rachel Royster
may 11, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 May 2026
Using the most recent annual mileage total for each company from the FMCSA data, ProPublica calculated a per-mile rate for crashes, injuries, unsafe driving violations and speeding violations (which are a subset of unsafe driving violations).
—Max Blau, ProPublica, 11 May 2026
Its gas mileage on our 550-mile weeklong test averaged north of 25 miles per gallon – smooth and effortless.
—Marc D Grasso, Hartford Courant, 9 May 2026
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Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026
Under the spending section, public records show Hulsey files expense claims for his dry cleaning and mileage to and from city hall.
—Rachel Royster
may 11, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 May 2026
Using the most recent annual mileage total for each company from the FMCSA data, ProPublica calculated a per-mile rate for crashes, injuries, unsafe driving violations and speeding violations (which are a subset of unsafe driving violations).
—Max Blau, ProPublica, 11 May 2026
Its gas mileage on our 550-mile weeklong test averaged north of 25 miles per gallon – smooth and effortless.
—Marc D Grasso, Hartford Courant, 9 May 2026
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“Mileage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mileage. Accessed 18 May. 2026.
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mileage
noun
mile·age
ˈmī-lij 
1
: an allowance for traveling expenses at a certain rate per mile
2
: distance or distance covered in miles
3
: the number of miles that something (as a tire) will travel before wearing out
4
: the average number of miles a vehicle will travel on a gallon of gasoline
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