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A bag is a container that is usually used for storing or holding something. Bags are non-rigid, normally made of paper, cloth, thin plastic or some other flexible material. A bag may have one or two handles, or neither, and may be closable by a zipper or simply by folding. Bags vary from small ones, like purses, to large ones for use in travelling, like a suitcase, and they are very common in the retail trade.
Bags vary from small ones, like purses (e.g. as an alternative to putting personal things in pockets of clothing) to large ones for use in traveling like a suitcase.
Bags are very common in the retail trade as a convenience for shoppers. Shopping bags may be taken to the shop, or be of a cheap paper or plastic variety supplied by the shop for free or for a small fee.
Checked baggage, when used in connection with air travel, means those items of baggage which are delivered to the operating airline for transportation in the hold of the aircraft and which is inaccessible to the passenger during flight.
This baggage is limited by airlines with regards to size, weight and number, usually dependent upon the fare paid or class of travel concerned. Baggage exceeding these limits is regarded as excess baggage.
Should passengers having checked baggage not arrive at the departure gate before the flight is closed, the passenger will be offloaded from the flight and baggage must be retrieved from the aircraft hold before the flight is permitted to be dispatched. This is the cause of many delays but is necessary for security reasons to prevent baggage being checked-in without the passenger physically being onboard the same aircraft.
Excess baggage is the amount of baggage which is in excess of the free allowance in size, number or weight permitted for the air journey at any particular time. At the airline's discretion, this may be carried at an extra charge but no guarantee is made and it could be subject to being sent as freight.
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A bag is a container usually used for storing or holding something, and it is defined against rigid containers by its flexibility. Bags are non-rigid, normally made of paper, cloth, thin plastic or some other flexible material, so a bag takes the shape of what is put into it rather than holding a fixed shape of its own. That single property explains the enormous range the word covers. At the small end are purses, carried as an alternative to putting personal things in the pockets of clothing, and sachets, which are fabric bags filled with potpourri and tied off with ribbons. At the large end are travel bags and suitcases used for carrying belongings on a journey. The material follows the job: paper for light, short-lived carrying, cloth for reuse and softness, thin plastic for cheap lightness, and stronger flexible materials for travel.
Handles and closures vary just as widely, and neither is required for an object to be a bag. A bag may have one or two handles, or neither of these. A bag may be closable by a zipper or simply by folding, as in the case of a paper bag, where the top is folded down to keep contents in place. Sometimes a money bag or travel bag has a lock, adding security where the contents are valuable. These variations are practical choices rather than separate categories. A shopper needs handles and an open top for quick loading, a traveller needs a zipper or lock and a form that can be carried or checked, and a sachet needs only to be tied. Drawstrings, clasps and straps serve the same closing purpose in other designs. The common definition holds through all of them: a flexible container for holding something, adapted in size, material and closure to the particular thing it is meant to carry and the distance it is meant to travel.
Bags are very common in the retail trade as a convenience for shoppers. Shopping bags may be taken to the shop by the customer, or be of a cheap paper or plastic variety supplied by the shop for free or for a small fee. That retail role is one of the most familiar uses of the word, and it shows the bag as a service as much as an object: the bag allows purchases to be gathered, carried and taken home, and the choice between a shopper's own reusable bag and a supplied single-use bag is a regular part of modern shopping. In fashion terms, smaller bags such as purses and handbags are also worn as part of an outfit, so the same flexible-container idea covers both a practical carrier and a personal accessory. Size is the main guide in this range, from a small bag for personal essentials carried in the hand to a large shopping bag designed to hold several purchases at once without tearing or losing its handles.
In air travel the word takes on precise technical meanings. Checked baggage, when used in connection with air travel, means those items of baggage delivered to the operating airline for transportation in the hold of the aircraft, inaccessible to the passenger during flight. This baggage is limited by airlines with regard to size, weight and number, usually dependent upon the fare paid or class of travel concerned. Baggage exceeding those limits is regarded as excess baggage, the amount in excess of the free allowance in size, number or weight, which at the airline's discretion may be carried at an extra charge but with no guarantee, and could instead be sent as freight. Security rules complete the picture: if passengers with checked baggage do not arrive at the departure gate before the flight is closed, the passenger is offloaded and the baggage must be retrieved from the aircraft hold before the flight is permitted to be dispatched. This is a cause of many delays, but it is necessary for security reasons, to prevent baggage being checked in without the passenger physically being on board the same aircraft.
A bag is a non-rigid container used for storing or holding something, normally made of paper, cloth, thin plastic or another flexible material. It may have one or two handles, or neither.
A bag may be closable by a zipper or simply by folding, as with a paper bag. Some money bags and travel bags have a lock for security.
Checked baggage is baggage delivered to the operating airline for transportation in the hold of the aircraft, inaccessible to the passenger during flight. It is limited by size, weight and number, usually depending on the fare paid or class of travel.