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An allowance for traveling expenses at a certain rate per mile.

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  1. n. An allowance for traveling expenses at a certain rate per mile.
  2. n. Aggregate length or distance in miles; esp., the sum of lengths of tracks or wires of a railroad company, telegraph company, etc.
  3. n. distance measured in miles
  4. n. the ratio of the number of miles traveled to the number of gallons of gasoline burned
  5. n. a travel allowance at a given rate per mile traveled
  6. 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.
  7. n:100 n. distance measured in miles n. the ratio of the number of miles traveled to the number of gallons of gasoline burned n. a travel allowance at a given rate per mile traveled