mileagenoun [ U ]
uk/ˈmaɪ.lɪdʒ/us/ˈmaɪ.lɪdʒ/mileage noun [ U ] (DISTANCE TRAVELLED)
the distance that a vehicle has travelled or the distance that it can travel using a particular amount of fuel:
"What's the mileage on your car?" "Oh, about 40,000."
Smaller cars have better mileage and so cost less to run.
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On the road: driving & operating road vehicles
- aquaplaning
- back sth up
- boxed in
- bump start
- bump start
- bus driver
- car seat
- carve
- corner
- dip
- driver
- driving
- foot
- hold the road idiom
- manoeuvring
- motor
- motorist
- pull away
- scorch
- turning circle
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Measurements of length & distance
mileage noun [ U ] (MONEY FOR TRAVEL)
also mileage allowance the amount of money that you are paid or that you must pay for each mile you travel:
The car costs £70 a day to rent, but you get unlimited mileage (= no charge for the miles travelled).
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Earning money
- bank
- base pay
- be quids in idiom
- black money
- blast
- bread
- bread and butter
- breadwinner
- bring sth in
- danger money
- draw
- earn
- fundraiser
- honorarium
- hustle
- income
- money for old rope idiom
- payday
- strike pay
- venal
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mileage noun [ U ] (ADVANTAGE)
informal the advantage that you can get from a situation:
There's no mileage in complaining to the director - she'll just ignore you.
political mileage
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Advantage and disadvantage
- a free ride idiom
- a stick to beat sb with idiom
- advantage
- an ace up your sleeve idiom
- attraction
- be/stay/keep one jump ahead idiom
- cash
- cash in on sth
- edge
- fish
- in the right place at the right time idiom
- it's tough at the top idiom
- lock in sth
- lock sb out of sth
- lose out
- profit
- profit from sth
- upside
- you've got nothing to lose idiom
- your best/strongest/trump card idiom
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