Luggage

How it is used

Common in everyday speech, especially in British English; airlines and airport signs prefer baggage. Luggage is uncountable: say a lot of luggage, two pieces of luggage or two suitcases, never two luggages.

Example sentences

1. How much luggage are you taking? Just one suitcase and a backpack?

2. Please do not leave your luggage unattended.

3. We left our luggage at the hotel and went sightseeing.

Common collocations

• pieces of luggage
• hand luggage
• luggage trolley
• leave luggage unattended
• pack your luggage

Related terms

• checked baggageBags you hand over at check-in or bag drop; they travel in the hold of the plane and you collect them at baggage claim after landing.
• carry-onA small bag or suitcase you are allowed to take into the cabin of a plane with you, within the airline's size and weight limits.
• baggage claimThe area of an airport, after passport control, where checked bags come out on moving belts and passengers collect them.
• lost luggageBags that did not arrive with you at the end of a flight, or that the airline cannot find; many turn up later and are delivered to you.
• luggage tagA label attached to a bag: either the airline's printed tag with a barcode and destination code, or your own tag with your name and contact details.

This word in other fields

The same English word can have a different meaning in another field:

• luggage · Tourism & Hospitality

More terms: Luggage & Baggage Problems

• baggage allowance
• excess baggage
• damaged baggage