单词 | mileage |
释义 | mileagen. Originally U.S. I. Senses relating to rate or extent expressed in miles. 1. a. Originally U.S. A travelling allowance at a fixed rate per mile.In early use esp. an allowance made to members of the U.S. Congress and other legislative bodies to cover the expenses of travel between their home and the seat of government. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > grants and allowances > [noun] > allowance > for specific purpose beggar-charge1652 vesturage1679 card money1688 mileage1724 necessary money1778 risk money1841 capital allowance1866 journey-money1883 1724 Ordinance for regulating & establishing Fees (Governor of New Jersey) 7 The Serjeant at Arms Fees... Taking a Prisoner into his Custody, Seventeen Shillings and six Pence Mileage, for each Mile going and coming, Seven pence half penny. 1754 B. Franklin Short Hints Uniting N. Colonies in Wks. (1887) II. 345 Members' Pay.—shillings sterling per diem, during their sitting, and milage for travelling expenses. 1776 H. Gates in J. Sparks Corr. Amer. Revol. (1853) I. 281 The militia were promised their mileage and billeting-money. 1834 H. Martineau Jrnl. 31 Oct. in Autobiogr. (1877) III. 119 Here jury are paid a dollar per day, besides mileage. 1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. II. xl. 95 A small allowance, called mileage, for travelling expenses. 1905 Army & Navy Life Dec. 42 He must ‘keep up appearances’ when away from home, and frequently goes on official trips where his mileage does not begin to cover his expenses for hotel bills, etc. 1996 Sunday Tel. 4 Feb. 20/4 Those representing constituencies outside London receive a generous accommodation allowance and other perks include provision of secretarial help, top-rate mileage and other travel expenses. b. A rate per mile charged for the use of railway vehicles carrying goods or passengers over another company's line. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > [noun] > carriage of goods, etc. > in wheeled vehicle > by rail > types of mileage1837 terminal1867 commodity rate1883 traffic1887 1837 Penny Mag. Suppl. 31 Mar. 115/1 Mileage on the whole mail. 1863 Great Western Mag. Aug. 74 The Clearing House..will debit each company on the journey with its proper amount of ‘mileage’. 1873 Cassell's Mag. 8 400/1 As..the Caledonian Company will receive the fares of the passengers, they will be required to pay for the use of the carriages conveying them; in other words the..Company will be charged ‘mileage’. 1926 G. G. Huebner & E. R. Johnson Railroad Freight Service vii. 129 The prevailing rate of mileage paid by one railway to another for the use of foreign cars was three quarters of a cent per car per mile. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > duty on goods > [noun] > on cars, carriages, or coaches wheel-tax1780 mileage1845 1845 J. R. McCulloch Treat. Taxation ii. vi. 271 The duty on stage-carriages consists of a licence duty of 5l. a-year, and of a mileage, or duty of so much per mile travelled over, according to the number of passengers the carriage is licensed to carry. 2. a. Extent or distance in miles; an aggregate number of miles travelled or covered. Also: rate of travel in miles. ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > [noun] > distance (to be) travelled > in miles mileage1847 the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of length > [noun] > units of length or distance > mile > distance in miles mileage1847 1847 Sci. Amer. 26 June 317/3 Patent Mile Index... The proprietor has the means of knowing the amount of mileage actually performed. 1850 D. Lardner Railway Econ. v. 72 Its total mileage, from the commencement of its service to the current date. 1881 J. Lubbock in Nature No. 618. 412 The present mileage of railways is over 200,000 miles. 1890 Spectator 7 June 792 To compute the speed or mileage of quick-moving animals. 1891 T. Hardy Tess of the D'Urbervilles III. xliv. 69 As the mileage lessened between her and the spot of her pilgrimage, so did Tess's confidence decrease. 1902 Westm. Gaz. 5 Apr. 10/1 There has been a very material decline in the traffic receipts though the mileage run has been practically the same. 1956 ‘T. B. D. Service’ Ford Cars v. 114 It may be necessary, after extended mileage, to replace a fan belt. 1989 Classic & Sportscar Feb. 20/1 The trouble is that high mileage devalues modern cars considerably. b. The distance which a motor vehicle can travel on a specified amount of fuel (previously measured in miles per gallon, now also widely in miles per litre). ΚΠ 1926 Science 10 Sept. 237/1 The tendency at the present time is to produce for motor cars internal combustion engines of increased compression ratio, in order mainly to diminish the petrol consumption and increase mileage per gallon consumed. 1940 Life 30 Sept. 73 Mobilgas..keeps you going smoothly—because it fires uniformly, burns completely. Even power in every cylinder—no stall, no sputter, no ping. Long mileage with every tankful. 1977 Time 17 Jan. 30/1 Henry Ford II has complained publicly that his company must build more small cars than it wants to in order to keep the average gas mileage of its fleet within federal standards. 1993 Albuquerque (New Mexico) Jrnl. 20 Feb. b8/5 Having the air on at the economy-cool setting, however, is better than rolling down the windows when driving at high speeds. Having the windows down can create drag and lower the mileage more than running the air conditioner. II. Extended uses. 3. Extent or potential. Now esp.: the use or advantage to be derived from a particular situation, event, etc.; benefit, profit. Frequently in to get mileage out of. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > [noun] > turning to account > capacity for mileage1860 percentage1862 what is (also was, etc.) in it for——1884 1860 W. H. Russell My Diary in India 1858–9 I. x. 155 It has been a heavy mileage of neglect for which we have already paid dearly. 1902 Daily Chron. 15 Oct. 3/2 A study less common than the mileage of metrical English might lead one to suppose. 1945 N. L. McClung Stream runs Fast p. xi There was good mileage in me yet. 1962 L. Deighton Ipcress File xxv. 158 In the Café Budapest..‘kezet csokolom’ (kiss your hand) had given good mileage with the younger waitresses. 1971 Rolling Stone 24 June 36/1 Sam's got mileage that any PR firm might envy: front-page space in both San Francisco dailies,..and wire service coverage. 1974 T. Allbeury Snowball iii. 14 They'd enjoy stirring up the Canadians, and the French-Canadians would..get a lot of political mileage. 1990 Films & Filming Mar. 45/3 Although the resolution of this theme is fudged by the melodramatic conclusion, Spielberg gets much mileage out of Pete's yearning for mortality and pain at the loss of Dorinda. Compounds C1. General attributive. ΚΠ 1869 Bradshaw's Railway Man. 21 367 Advances are made by the Italian Government, to be made good afterwards out of the mileage subventions promised... The Italian and Pontifical Governments have given mileage guarantees. 1885 E. B. Ivatts Railway Managem. at Stations 552 The mileage charge recieivable by the owners for the use of vehicles that have conveyed traffic upon a railway other than the railway to which the vehicle belongs. 1895 Westm. Gaz. 14 May 8/2 The mileage rate of threepence for each first-class passenger. 1908 Westm. Gaz. 14 Nov. 15/2 An instrument, made by one of the largest clock-makers in the world,..combines a time~piece, mileage recorder, speed indicator [etc.]. 1928 C. E. R. Sherrington Econ. Rail Transport Great Brit. II. vii. 98 With the coming of the Parliamentary trains,..the equal mileage basis became..stabilized. 1975 New Yorker 26 May 60 (advt.) In mileage tests conducted by the Environmental Protection Agency, Seville got 13 miles per gallon in the city test. 1991 Purchasing & Supply Managem. Apr. 10/4 To secure the best terms, mileages must be accurately estimated to avoid excess mileage charges and mileage pooling must be agreed. C2. mileage ticket n. (a) a railway ticket valid for travelling a certain total number of miles (now rare); (b) an airline ticket wholly or partly purchased using credit accumulated under a frequent-flyer or similar scheme; cf. air mile n. 2. ΚΠ 1860 Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Daily Sentinel 24 July The Reading railroad issued mileage tickets at a discount of twenty-five per cent., entitling the holder to travel two thousand miles at any time..between any stations. 1954 N.Y. Times 25 Apr. x. 29/1 British Railways will furnish data on various means of travel economy—cheap mileage tickets bought for dollars in New York,..and so on. 1971 Times 15 Jan. 13/5 A mileage ticket (whereby one pays a reduced rate in proportion to the mileage covered in any given period). 2013 Economist (Electronic ed.) 6 Nov. For those using United miles to travel on other Star Alliance carriers, such as Lufthansa and Swiss, the cost of a mileage ticket will rise disproportionately higher. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1724 |
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