noun
- suitcases, bags, and other containers holding a traveler’s belongings
- past experiences or beliefs that influence current behavior or attitudes
Usage: figurative
Examples
- Please collect your baggage from the carousel.
- The airline lost my baggage during the connecting flight.
- We had to pay extra fees for our heavy baggage.
- She’s carrying a lot of emotional baggage from her previous relationship.
- The new CEO brought no political baggage to the position.
- Pack light so you don’t have too much baggage to carry.
- His cultural baggage made it difficult to adapt to the new country.