baggage claim

noun

: the area in an airport where arriving passengers pick up their checked baggage

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Luggage tags and baggage claim tags can also have a significant amount of personal information. Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 14 July 2025 The dog's handler, Customs and Border Protection Agriculture Specialist Melissa Snyder, told CBS News' Major Garrett that the 5-year-old beagle named Freddie had alerted her to a bag possibly containing fruit and other foods in the baggage claim area of the Virginia airport on June 24. Adam Hudacek, CBS News, 9 July 2025 The contemporary resort is ideally located on many levels: just a 20-minute drive from Liberia International Airport, visitors can transition from the baggage claim to having their toes in the sand with a cocktail in hand in record time. Elizabeth Brownfield, Forbes.com, 21 June 2025 The next big projects to tackle, Reynolds said, are the 30-year-old escalators and elevators, and then officials can move on to revamping the airport’s baggage claim system. Destiny Torres, Oc Register, 16 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for baggage claim

Word History

First Known Use

1949, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of baggage claim was in 1949

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“Baggage claim.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/baggage%20claim. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.

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