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   Bag·gage

   /ˈbaɡij/

   

   noun

   • 1. personal belongings packed in suitcases for traveling; luggage: "we collected our baggage before clearing customs"
   • ▪ the portable equipment of an army: "the artillery and baggage rumbled along the road"
   • 2. past experiences or long-held ideas regarded as burdens and impediments: "the emotional baggage I'm hauling around"
   • 3. a cheeky or disagreeable girl or woman: dated, derogatory "she was a mercenary little baggage"

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

   Scrabble Points: 12

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   The meaning of BAGGAGE is suitcases, trunks, and personal belongings of travelers : luggage. How to use baggage in a sentence.

3. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishBAGGAGE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   BAGGAGE definition: 1. bags, cases, etc. that you take with you when you travel: 2. the beliefs and feelings that…. Learn more.

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   noun. trunks, suitcases, etc., used in traveling; luggage. the portable equipment of an army. things that encumber one's freedom, progress, development, or adaptability; impediments: intellectual baggage that keeps one from thinking clearly; neurotic conflicts that arise from struggling with too much emotional baggage. Archaic. a worthless woman.

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   BAGGAGE meaning: 1. bags, cases, etc. that you take with you when you travel: 2. the beliefs and feelings that…. Learn more.

6. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › baggageBaggage - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

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   Baggage is the fancy suitcase you collect from an airport carousel or the duffel bag you get out of the trunk. It’s any travel bag you have your personal belongings in. Baggage can also refer to emotions from the past that get in the way of the present.

7. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishBAGGAGE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   Baggage is a more technical word and is used for example when discussing airports or travel insurance. In American English, luggage refers to empty bags and suitcases and baggage refers to bags and suitcases with their contents.

8. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › learner-englishBAGGAGE | meaning - Cambridge Learner's Dictionary

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   BAGGAGE definition: 1. all the cases and bags that you take with you when you travel: 2. feelings and experiences from…. Learn more.

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   Definition of baggage noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

10. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › american_englishbaggage noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage...

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    Baggage is the term used for the packed suitcases that travelers carry with them: I try not to check any baggage if I can. baggage handlers the baggage claim area in the airport; Luggage is more formal than baggage and is often used to describe the empty bags themselves: I need to buy some new luggage for my vacation next month.

11. www.yourdictionary.com › baggageBaggage Definition & Meaning | YourDictionary

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