baggage claim
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2.1
- noun
- /ˈbæɡɪdʒ kleɪm/
- US
:
recogida de equipaje
- After landing, I headed straight to baggage claim to pick up my suitcase.
- baggage claim area
- airport baggage claim
- Terminal baggage claim
Then we went to baggage claim for the first time.
- Then we went to baggage claim for the first time.
- And then there was this guy at the baggage claim with the tablet with my name on it, UFC on top, like Francis and Garnu.
- Like you had to get a fucking like shuttle bus to your baggage claim.
- I was the other day, I was in a in a train, you know, from Orlando airport to baggage claim.
Examples
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Baggage claim and ground transportation are located on the lower level.
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You'll pick it up at baggage claim in Orlando.
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Then we went to baggage claim for the first time.
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I'm on my way to baggage claim.
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People rushed past her to stand before the baggage claim.
Fiction book (1996) -
Baggage claim and ground transportation are on the lower level.
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Baggage claim is located on the east side of the terminal.
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Please claim all baggage at carousel number two in baggage claim.
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Once off the plane and after using the restroom, you'll want to head directly to baggage claim.
Blog text (13) -
At the baggage claim, I met Mel Ottenberg, Rihanna's stylist, and Adam Selman, her costume designer.
Blog text (9)
Synonyms
A moving belt at an airport where people collect their checked bags
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound is compositionally related to its parts—‘baggage’ (suitcases) plus ‘claim’ (to take possession or assert a right) yields the place where passengers collect luggage—but the noun ‘claim’ in the provided sense (‘formal demand for money or recompense’) must shift to a different sense (to collect or assert a right to an item). This required sense extension makes the meaning partially predictable (helped by similar constructions in other languages) but not fully transparent to a B1 learner who only knows the narrow sense of “claim.”
Etymology
Baggage claim comes from the way airports work: a moving belt brings passengers' suitcases to one place and people go there to 'claim' them. The word baggage means luggage and claim means 'to take back', so baggage claim is the place to collect your checked bags.