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.

 

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