English word mileage comes from English -age, English mile
| Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| -age | English (eng) | Forming nouns with the sense of collection or appurtenance.. Forming nouns indicating a charge, toll, or fee. Forming nouns indicating a place. Forming nouns indicating a process, action, or a result. Forming nouns indicating a rate. Forming nouns of a state or relationship. |
| mile | English (eng) | (informal) Any similarly large distance.. (slang) A race of 1 mile's length; a race of around 1 mile's length (usually 1500 or 1600 meters). (slang) One mile per hour, as a measure of speed.. Any of many customary units of length derived from the Roman mile (mille passus) of 8 stades or 5,000 Roman feet.. Any of many customary units of length from other measurement systems of roughly similar [...] |
| mileage | English (eng) | (informal) Something worth taking into consideration.. (informal) The amount of service that something has yielded or may yield in future.. Mileage allowance, an allowance for travel expenses at a specified rate per mile.. The number of miles travelled by a vehicle on a certain volume of fuel.. The total distance travelled in miles or in air miles. |