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mileage, milage [ˈmaɪlɪdʒ] n
1. (Mathematics & Measurements / Units) a distance expressed in miles 2. (Engineering / Automotive Engineering) the total number of miles that a motor vehicle has travelled 3. (Business / Commerce) allowance for travelling expenses, esp as a fixed rate per mile 4. (Engineering / 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 ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Translations 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? 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 [ˈmaɪlɪdʒ] n (= distance) → kilométrage m 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. (= miles per gallon) → nombre m 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 kilométrique mileage indicator n → compteur m kilométrique 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) mileage [ˈmaɪlɪdʒ] n → chilometraggio what mileage does your car do? → quanti chilometri al litro fa la tua macchina? mileage [ˈmaɪlɪdʒ] n → chilometraggio what mileage does your car do? → quanti chilometri al litro fa la tua macchina? How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| "Instructions to take you on to Yarmouth, if possible, sir," he announced, "and to collect the mileage at our destination. But as the mileage lessened between her and the spot of her pilgrimage, so did Tess's confidence decrease, and her enterprise loom out more formidably. By obtaining control of a certain up-country bank, two general stores, and several logging camps, he could come into control of a certain dinky jerkwater line which shall here be nameless, but which, in his hands, would prove the key to a vastly larger situation involving more main-line mileage almost than there were spikes in the aforesaid dinky jerkwater. |
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