mileage - Very Detailed Details ENG

mileage

/ˈmaɪlɪdʒ/

(also milage)

1 uncountable, countable, usually singular the distance that a vehicle has travelled, measured in miles

My annual mileage is about 10 000.

a used car with one owner and a low mileage

The car rental included unlimited mileage, but not fuel.

I get a mileage allowance if I use my car for work (= an amount of money paid for each mile I travel).

The company gives a generous mileage allowance.

There was no record of the mileage the car had done.

Your car hire costs include unlimited mileage.

Collocations

adjective

verb + mileage

mileage + noun

2 (North American English gas mileage) uncountable, countable the number of miles that a vehicle can travel using a particular amount of fuel

If you drive carefully you can get better mileage from your car.

cars that get better mileage

a car that gets decent gas mileage

legislation raising the mileage standards for all cars

e.g

Do these vans get good gas mileage? この車燃費は？ (/yupeco/『ホーム・アローン』)

3 uncountable (informal) the amount of advantage or use that you can get from a particular event or situation

I don't think the press can get any more mileage out of that story.

Just don't expect to get much mileage out of it.

The press get as much mileage as possible out of stories about the royal family.

There won't be much mileage in running another advertising campaign.

Idioms