baggage

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bag|gage /b'ægɪdʒ/
1 [N-UNCOUNT]
Your baggage consists of the bags that you take with you when you travel.
The passengers went through immigration control and collected their baggage.
...excess baggage.
= luggage
2 [N-UNCOUNT] usu with supp
You can use baggage to refer to someone's emotional problems, fixed ideas, or prejudices.
How much emotional baggage is he bringing with him into the relationship?bag|gage car (baggage cars)
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A baggage car is a railway carriage, often without windows, which is used to carry luggage, goods, or mail. (AM; in BRIT, use van)ex|cess bag|gage
also excess luggage
1 [N-UNCOUNT]
On an aeroplane journey, excess baggage is luggage that is larger or weighs more than your ticket allows, so that you have to pay extra to take it on board.
2 [N-UNCOUNT]
You can use excess baggage to talk about problems or events from someone's past which you think still worry them, especially when you think these things make it difficult for the person to cope or develop.
The good thing about these younger players is that they are not carrying any excess baggage from less successful times.

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