BAGGAGE


Meaning of BAGGAGE in English

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:

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 :

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?

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.