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negamile

noun

Etymology

Blend of negative + mile, equivalent to nega- + mile. Compare negawatt.

  1. derived from mīlia
  2. derived from *mīliju✻
  3. inherited from mīl
  4. inherited from myle
  5. compounded as negamile — “negative + mile”

Definitions

  1. A proposed unit of saved travel, equivalent to one mile not travelled.

    • [I]nstead of tolls, he talks about negamiles — paying people to stay off the roads, so they needn't be built and mended so much. So far, however, no negamile programs exist[…]
    • By creating markets in negamiles and negatrips, society could discover what it's worth to pay people to stay off the roads[…]

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA