bag ‧ gage /ˈbæɡɪdʒ/ BrE AmE noun
[ Date: 1400-1500 ; Language: French ; Origin: bagage , from Old French bague 'bundle' ]
1 . [uncountable] especially American English the cases, bags, boxes etc carried by someone who is travelling SYN luggage :
Check your baggage in at the desk.
GRAMMAR
Baggage is an uncountable noun and has no plural form. Use a singular verb after it:
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What happens if my baggage is lost?
You can refer to one or more pieces/items of baggage.
REGISTER
In everyday English, people usually say bags rather than baggage :
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Shall I help you take your bags upstairs?
2 . [uncountable] informal the beliefs, opinions, and experiences that someone has, which make them think in a particular way, especially in a way that makes it difficult to have good relationships:
Each employee brings his or her own psychological baggage to the workplace.
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COLLOCATIONS
■ ADJECTIVES/NOUN + baggage
▪ hand baggage (=a bag you are allowed to carry with you onto a plane)
You are only allowed one item of hand baggage on the plane.
▪ excess baggage (=baggage that weighs more than you are allowed to take on a plane)
Passengers will be charged for excess baggage.
▪ checked baggage (=baggage that you check in rather than carry onto the plane yourself)
You can claim for loss or damage to checked baggage.
■ baggage + NOUN
▪ baggage allowance (=the amount of baggage you are allowed to take on a plane)
There's a 20 kilo baggage allowance.
▪ baggage reclaim ( also baggage claim American English ) (=the place where you collect your baggage after a flight)
We waited for almost an hour in baggage reclaim.
▪ a baggage handler (=one of the people who put baggage on and off planes)
A strike by baggage handlers caused major flight delays.
▪ a baggage trolley British English , a baggage cart American English
Wait here while I go and get a baggage trolley.
■ phrases
▪ an item/piece of baggage
How many pieces of baggage do you have?
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THESAURUS
▪ luggage the cases, bags etc that you carry when you are travelling:
heavy luggage
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Security officers checked every piece of luggage.
▪ baggage the cases, bags etc that you carry when you are travelling – used especially when the bags are being looked after by an ↑ airline , train company etc:
Check your baggage in at the desk.
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He’s a baggage handler for British Airways.
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The airline charges for excess baggage (=things that weigh more than the amount that you allowed to take with you on a plane) .
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Some of their baggage was stolen.
▪ bags bags that you carry when you are travelling:
They were packing their bags ready for the trip.
▪ things/stuff informal all the things that someone has with them when they are travelling:
He put the stuff in the car and started to drive away.
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Have you got your things?