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bag·gage

(băg′ĭj)

1. The trunks, bags, parcels, and suitcases in which one carries one's belongings while traveling; luggage.

2. The movable equipment and supplies of an army.

3. Emotions or thoughts that stem from painful or unpleasant past experiences and that affect one's outlook or behavior: "I lugged a considerable amount of psychological baggage from my adolescence" (Stephen S. Hall).

4. Archaic

a. A woman prostitute.

b. A girl or young woman, especially one is who impudent.

[Middle English bagage, from Old French bague, bundle, perhaps of Germanic origin; akin to Old Norse baggi, bag, bundle. Sense 4, perhaps from French bagasse, from Provençal bagassa, ultimately from Arabic baġī, prostitute, from baġā, to fornicate; see bġy in Semitic roots.]

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

baggage

(ˈbæɡɪdʒ)

a. suitcases, bags, etc, packed for a journey; luggage

b. chiefly US and Canadian (as modifier): baggage car.

2. an army's portable equipment

3. informal old-fashioned

a. a pert young woman

b. an immoral woman or prostitute

4. informal Irish a cantankerous old woman

5. informal previous knowledge and experience that a person may use or be influenced by in new circumstances: cultural baggage.

[C15: from Old French bagage, from bague a bundle, perhaps of Scandinavian origin; compare Old Norse baggi bag]

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

bag•gage

(ˈbæg ɪdʒ)

n.

1. trunks, suitcases, etc., used in traveling; luggage.

2. the portable equipment of an army.

3. things that encumber one's freedom; impediments.

4. a prostitute.

5. a pert young woman.

[1400–50; late Middle English bagage < Middle French, derivative of Old French bagues bundles]

luggage

– baggage

In British English, both these words refer to the bags and suitcases that you take with you when you travel, together with their contents. Luggage is more common than baggage.

In American English, luggage refers to empty bags and suitcases. Baggage refers to bags and suitcases with their contents.

There has been a decline in sales of hand-sized luggage.

The passengers went through immigration control and collected their baggage.

Both these words are uncountable nouns. Don't talk about 'luggages' or 'a baggage'.

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Noun	1.	baggage - cases used to carry belongings when traveling luggage suitcase, traveling bag, travelling bag, grip, bag - a portable rectangular container for carrying clothes; "he carried his small bag onto the plane with him" case - a portable container for carrying several objects; "the musicians left their instrument cases backstage" dressing case - a small piece of luggage for carrying brushes and bottles and toilet articles while traveling handgrip, handle, grip, hold - the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it; "he grabbed the hammer by the handle"; "it was an old briefcase but it still had a good grip" hand luggage - luggage that is light enough to be carried by hand hatbox - a round piece of luggage for carrying hats imperial - a piece of luggage carried on top of a coach satchel - luggage consisting of a small case with a flat bottom and (usually) a shoulder strap strap - an elongated leather strip (or a strip of similar material) for binding things together or holding something in position trunk - luggage consisting of a large strong case used when traveling or for storage
	2.	baggage - a worthless or immoral woman adult female, woman - an adult female person (as opposed to a man); "the woman kept house while the man hunted"
	3.	baggage - the portable equipment and supplies of an army impedimenta - the baggage and equipment carried by an army equipage, materiel - equipment and supplies of a military force

baggage

noun luggage, things, cases, bags, equipment, gear, trunks, suitcases, belongings, paraphernalia, accoutrements, impedimenta excess baggage

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

baggage

noun

A vulgar promiscuous woman who flouts propriety:

hussy, jade, slattern, slut, tart, tramp, wanton, wench, whore.

Slang: floozy.

Translations

أَمْتِعَةحَقائِب

zavazadlazavazadlo

bagagebaggage

matkatavarat

prtljaga

farangur

bagaglio

手荷物

수하물

bagažasbagažo vežimėlis

bagāža

prtljaga

bagage

กระเป๋าเดินทาง

bagajyolcu eşyası

hành lý

行李

baggage

[ˈbægɪdʒ]

A. N

1. (= luggage) → equipaje m (Mil) → bagaje m

2. (fig) (Psych) → bagaje m

3. (o.f.) (= woman) → bruja f

B. CPD baggage allowance N → límite m de equipaje
baggage car N (US) → furgón m de equipajes
baggage check N → talón m de equipaje
baggage (check)room N (US) → consigna f
baggage handler N → despachador(a) m/f de equipaje
baggage locker N → consigna f automática
baggage (re)claim N → recogida f de equipaje
baggage train N → tren m de equipajes

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

baggage

[ˈbægɪdʒ] n

(= luggage) → bagages mpl excess baggage

(fig) cultural baggage → bagage m culturel
ideological baggage → bagage m idéologique
emotional baggage
He's got too much emotional baggage → Son fardeau émotionnel est trop lourd., Son fardeau émotionnel est trop lourd à porter.baggage allowance n → franchise f de bagages, poids m de bagages autorisébaggage car (US) n → fourgon mbaggage carousel n (at airport) → tapis m roulant à bagagesbaggage check n (US) (= receipt) → bulletin m de consignebaggage checkroom n (US) → consigne fbaggage hall n (at airport) → livraison f des bagagesbaggage handler n (at airport) → bagagiste mbaggage handling n (at airport) → acheminement m des bagagesbaggage reclaim n (at airport) → livraison f des bagagesbaggage screening n (at airport) → contrôle m des bagages

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

baggage

(= luggage) → (Reise)gepäck nt

(Mil) → Gepäck nt

(pej inf: = woman) → Stück nt (inf) ? emotional a

baggage

(esp US):

baggage allowance

n → Freigepäck nt

baggage car

n → Gepäckwagen m

baggage check

n → Gepäckkontrolle f

baggage checkroom

n → Gepäckaufbewahrung f

baggage claim

n → Gepäckausgabe f

baggage handler

n → Gepäckmann m

baggage locker

n → Gepäckschließfach nt

baggage master

n → Beamte(r) m → am Gepäckschalter

baggage rack

n (Rail) → Gepäcknetz nt

baggage reclaim

n → Gepäckausgabe f

baggage room

n → Gepäckaufbewahrung f

baggage wagon

n → Gepäckwagen m

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

baggage

[ˈbægɪdʒ] n → bagaglio, bagagli mpl

baggage

(ˈbӕgidʒ) noun

luggage. He sent his baggage on in advance.

ˈbaggage cart noun

(American) (also luggage cart) a cart used by passengers at an airport etc to carry their luggage.

baggage

→ أَمْتِعَة zavazadla bagage Gepäck αποσκευές equipaje matkatavarat bagage prtljaga bagaglio 手荷物 수하물 bagage bagasje bagaż bagagem багаж bagage กระเป๋าเดินทาง bagaj hành lý 行李

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I CANNOT call riches better than the baggage of virtue.

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