Meaning of car mileage | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Car miles collectively.
   countable, uncountable
2. The amount paid by one railroad for the use of cars of another railroad.
   countable, uncountable
3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see car, mileage. The number of miles that a car (or a similar vehicle) drives.
   countable, uncountable

Examples

“That the passenger car mileage for the entire system for the year ending June 30th, 1906, was 44,779,961 miles, of which 6,812593 miles or 15.214 per cent., was in the state of Washington.”

“The total revenue car mileage in bituminous coal service for the period was ascertained for each division in a similar manner, and that in coke service also, except that the empty car mileage in this service was taken as equal to the loaded car mileage as already indicated.”

“It will be immediately apparent from this table that the extent to which the average weights of coaches and Pullman cars on each road is considered in the total, without, for the moment, questioning the accuracy of such weight for the various individual roads, bears no relation whatever either to the ratio which the car mileage of each particular road bears to the whole of the 19 roads, or even to the ratio which the car mileage tested on each particular road bears to the total mileage tested on the 19 roads.”

“The ratio of average annual truck mileage to passenger car mileage is therefore 1.23.”

“It is our experience and our belief, based upon our studies, that with proper tire care, and we mean the kind of care that is available through tire-service stations but which the owner has not heretofore found necessary because he had unlimited supplies of new rubber available, will increase the average car mileage from 18,000 miles to a conservative figure of 32,000 miles.”

“"Before we get started on this program," Mr. ___ said, "I think it is essential that residents of the ___ area understand in very definite terms why it is necessary to ration car mileage and exactly what the Defense Council proposes to do ."”

“The California State Highway Patrol is currently engaged in a study of the relationship between patrol car mileage and operating, maintenance, repair cost and depreciation.”

“This would be particularly so in Scotland where the average urban car mileage is greater than in rural areas.”

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