Baggage ˈbæɡɪdʒ Excess Lot Noun Bre Weighing Limit

• excess baggage (= weighing more than the limit allowed on a plane)
• baggage handlers (= people employed to load and unload baggage at airports)
• we loaded our baggage into the car.
• do you have a lot of luggage?

baggage

• = luggage
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• excess baggage (= weighing more than the limit allowed on a plane)
• baggage handlers (= people employed to load and unload baggage at airports)
• We loaded our baggage into the car.
• Do you have a lot of luggage?
• Two pieces of luggage have gone missing.
• Never leave baggage unattended.
1. the beliefs and attitudes that somebody has as a result of their past experiences
• She was carrying a lot of emotional baggage.
• The party has now jettisoned its traditional ideological baggage.
2. with all your possessions, especially secretly or suddenly
• He threw her out onto the street, bag and baggage.

Extra Examples

• At the airport I found that I had 100kg of excess baggage.
• Extensive baggage trains followed the troops.
• Let’s claim our baggage first.
• She’s still carrying all that emotional baggage from her first marriage.
• The party has shed its ideological baggage.
• Where do we check (in) our baggage?
• the baggage reclaim hall
• Drugs were found in his baggage.
• Flights were cancelled because of a strike by baggage handlers.
• Go to the baggage claim area on the ground floor.
• I’ll just check in my baggage.
• Please do not leave baggage unattended.
• There is an excess baggage charge of $50.

Word Origin

• late Middle English: from Old French bagage (from baguer ‘tie up’), or bagues ‘bundles’; perhaps related to bag.