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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mileage  \Mile"age\  (?;  48),  n. 
  1.  An  allowance  for  traveling  expenses  at  a  certain  rate  per 
  mile. 
 
  2.  Aggregate  length  or  distance  in  miles;  esp.,  the  sum  of 
  lengths  of  tracks  or  wires  of  a  railroad  company, 
  telegraph  company,  etc  [Written  also  {milage}.] 
 
  {Constructive  mileage},  a  mileage  allowed  for  journeys 
  supposed  to  be  made  but  not  actually  made  --Bartlett. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  mileage 
  n  1:  distance  measured  in  miles  [syn:  {milage}] 
  2:  the  ratio  of  the  number  of  miles  traveled  to  the  number  of 
  gallons  of  gasoline  burned  [syn:  {miles  per  gallon}] 
  3:  a  travel  allowance  at  a  given  rate  per  mile  traveled 




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