ETYM Old Eng. bagge; cf. Icel. baggi, and also Old Fren. bague, bundle, Late Lat. baga.
1. A flexible (usually cloth, paper, or plastic) container with a single opening.
2. The quantity that a bag will hold; SYN. bagful.
3. A sack used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women); SYN. handbag, pocketbook, purse.
4. A portable rectangular traveling bag for carrying clothes; SYN. traveling bag, grip, suitcase.
5. The quantity of game taken in a particular period (usually by one person).
6. An ugly or ill-tempered woman; SYN. old bag.
ETYM Cf. Icel. buti exchange, barter, Swed. byte barter, booty, Dan. bytte; akin to Dutch buit booty, German beute, and from Icel. byta, Swed. byta, Dan. bytte, to distribute, exchange.
That which is seized by violence or obtained by robbery, especially collective spoil taken in war; plunder; pillage.