excess baggage
noun [U] (UK also excess luggage)Definition
› bags that weigh more than the allowed amount for a single passenger, or the money you are charged to take them onto an aircraft: We had to pay excess baggage. He arrived with 88 pounds of excess baggage.Containers for carrying personal possessionsAviationTravelling by aircraftMovement through the air
(Definition of excess baggage noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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