Mileage for kilometers
Can you help me find the best word that covers the same concept as ‘mileage’ but for kilometers:
mileage (mileages) 1. Mileage refers to the distance that you have traveled, measured in miles. Most of their mileage is in and around town. N-UNCOUNT: also N in pl
Are such neologisms as ‘kilometerage’ or ‘kilometrage’ used in English?
mara (unregistered)
July 21, 2005, 10:47am
My Canadian friends assure me they would indeed use the word mileage, at least in terms of cars. "The mileage on the car is 110,000 km." Were you thinking of non-car uses? If so, give me a specific sentence and I can ask them.
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ivaylotivanov
July 22, 2005, 10:27am
I want to refer to the distance (measured in km) travelled by any means of transport.
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Kyle Glasser (unregistered)
August 1, 2005, 2:42pm
Just FYI Mileage can also mean how far the car can go on a certain amount of fuel. e.g. What kind of (gas) mileage does your car get? 30mpg(miles per gallon).
And no I've never heard a similar word used for kilometers, but maybe that's because I'm from the states.
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GP (unregistered)
August 3, 2005, 9:44pm
When, I'm Canadian, and the only time I'd use the word mileage are the two ways already mentioned, although to mean "kilometres per litre" no "miles per gallon".
You already know the word you want. It's "distance". Or, more colloquially, something like "How far is it to Sudbury?" or "How many kilometres to the nearest Tim Hortons?"
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GP (unregistered)
August 3, 2005, 9:56pm
That post was supposed to start with "Well". I am, in fact, always Canadian.
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John (unregistered)
August 9, 2005, 3:48am
Yes, I think GP is right in several regards. First, he is always a Canadian. Second, you only need to know the distance involved. If you were getting a rental car, for example, you could ask, "How many kilometers are included in the contract?" There is no term like kilometerage that I know of.
Also, if you wanted an alternative to mileage in the sense of miles per gallon, you could use the term fuel economy, or fuel economy rating, etc.
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Dave (unregistered)
September 25, 2005, 1:01pm
Try "distance."
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