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mile·age
also mil·age (mī′lĭj)n.
1. Total length, extent, or distance measured or expressed in miles.
2. Total miles covered or traveled in a given time.
3. The amount of service, use, or wear estimated by miles used or traveled: This tire will give very good mileage.
4. The number of miles traveled by a motor vehicle on a given quantity of fuel.
5.
a. An allowance for travel expenses established at a specified rate per mile.
b. Expense per mile, as for the use of a car.
6. Informal The amount of service something has yielded or may yield in the future; usefulness: a tape player that still has a lot of mileage left.
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mileage
(ˈmaɪlɪdʒ) ormilage
n
1. (Units) a distance expressed in miles
2. (Automotive Engineering) the total number of miles that a motor vehicle has travelled
3. (Commerce) allowance for travelling expenses, esp as a fixed rate per mile
4. (Automotive Engineering) the number of miles a motor vehicle will travel on one gallon of fuel
5. informal use, benefit, or service provided by something: this scheme has a lot of mileage left.
6. informal grounds, substance, or weight: some mileage in the objectors' arguments.
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mile•age
(ˈmaɪ lɪdʒ)n.
1. the aggregate number of miles traveled in a given time.
2. length, extent, or distance in miles.
3. the average distance a vehicle can travel on a specified quantity of fuel.
4. wear, use, or profit: to get good mileage out of an old coat.
5. an allowance for traveling expenses at a fixed rate per mile.
[1745–55, Amer.]
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Noun | 1. | mileage - distance measured in miles distance - the property created by the space between two objects or points |
2. | mileage - the ratio of the number of miles traveled to the number of gallons of gasoline burned ratio - the relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient) | |
3. | mileage - a travel allowance at a given rate per mile traveled travel allowance, travel reimbursement - a sum allowed for travel |
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Translations
vzdálenost v mílích
kørsel
mailimäärä
udaljenost u miljama
総マイル数
총 마일수
vägsträcka i engelska miles
ระยะทางเป็นไมล์
tổng số dặm đã đi được
mileage
[ˈmaɪlɪdʒ]A. N
1. → distancia f en millas; (on mileometer) → kilometraje m
what mileage does your car do? → ¿cuántos kilómetros hace tu coche por galón de gasolina? → ¿cuántas millas hace tu coche por galón de gasolina?
what mileage has this car done? → ¿qué kilómetraje tiene este coche? → ¿cuántas millas/cuántos kilómetros tiene este coche?
what mileage does your car do? → ¿cuántos kilómetros hace tu coche por galón de gasolina? → ¿cuántas millas hace tu coche por galón de gasolina?
what mileage has this car done? → ¿qué kilómetraje tiene este coche? → ¿cuántas millas/cuántos kilómetros tiene este coche?
B. CPD mileage allowance N → dietas fpl por desplazamiento en vehículo propio → dietas f por kilometraje
mileage indicator N → cuentakilómetros m inv
mileage rate N → tarifa f por distancia
mileage indicator N → cuentakilómetros m inv
mileage rate N → tarifa f por distancia
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
mileage
[ˈmaɪlɪdʒ] n (= distance) → kilométrage m
the approximate mileage for the complete journey → le kilométrage total estimé pour l'excursion
the approximate mileage for the complete journey → le kilométrage total estimé pour l'excursion
(= distance travelled) (by motorist) → déplacements mpl
Most of my mileage is around town → La plupart de mes déplacements en voiture se font en ville.
Most of my mileage is around town → La plupart de mes déplacements en voiture se font en ville.
(= miles per gallon) → nombre m de kilomètres par litre
to get a better mileage [car] → parcourir plus de kilomètres par litre
to get a better mileage [car] → parcourir plus de kilomètres par litre
(fig) to get a lot of mileage out of sth → tirer le meilleur parti de qch
It's obviously important to get as much mileage out of the convention as possible → Il est évidemment important de tirer le meilleur parti possible de cette convention.mileage allowance n → indemnité f kilométriquemileage indicator n → compteur m kilométrique
It's obviously important to get as much mileage out of the convention as possible → Il est évidemment important de tirer le meilleur parti possible de cette convention.mileage allowance n → indemnité f kilométriquemileage indicator n → compteur m kilométrique
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
mileage
n → Meilen pl; (on odometer) → Meilenstand m, → Meilenzahl f; what mileage did you do yesterday? → wie viele Meilen seid ihr gestern gefahren?; mileage per gallon → Benzinverbrauch m; you get a much better mileage (per gallon) from this car if … → dieser Wagen ist viel sparsamer im Verbrauch, wenn …; unlimited mileage (for hired car) → unbegrenzte Kilometerzahl; mileage allowance → ˜ Kilometerpauschale f; we got a lot of mileage out of it (fig inf) → das war uns (dat) → sehr dienlich; it’s still got a lot of mileage left in it (fig inf) → da steckt noch einiges drin (inf); he decided there was no mileage in provoking a row with his boss → er entschied, dass es nichts bringen würde, mit dem Chef einen Streit anzufangen (inf)
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
mileage
[ˈmaɪlɪdʒ] n → chilometraggiowhat mileage does your car do? → quanti chilometri al litro fa la tua macchina?
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
mileage
→ مَسَافَةٌ بِالْـمِيل vzdálenost v mílích kørsel Meilenzahl απόσταση σε μίλια kilometraje mailimäärä kilométrage udaljenost u miljama chilometraggio 総マイル数 총 마일수 totaal aantal afgelegde mijlen antall miles odległość w milach milhagem, quilometragem расстояние в милях vägsträcka i engelska miles ระยะทางเป็นไมล์ mil hesabıyla uzaklık tổng số dặm đã đi được 英里数Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
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