PAYLOAD Definition & Meaning

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payload

[pey-lohd]

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noun

the part of a cargo producing revenue or income, usually expressed in weight.
the number of paying passengers, as on an airplane.
Aerospace, Military.��
1. the bomb load, warhead, cargo, or passengers of an aircraft, a rocket, missile, etc., for delivery at a target or destination.
2. the total complement of equipment carried by a spacecraft for the performance of a particular mission in space.
3. the explosive energy of the warhead of a missile or of the bomb load of an aircraft.
  a payload of 50 megatons.

payload

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noun

that part of a cargo earning revenue
1. the passengers, cargo, or bombs carried by an aircraft
2. the equipment carried by a rocket, satellite, or spacecraft
the explosive power of a warhead, bomb, etc, carried by a missile or aircraft
a missile carrying a 50-megaton payload

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of payload¹

First recorded in 1925–30; pay ¹ + load

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Once inside they release their toxic payload, to kill the cancer.

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This is stored inside a pill that can pass through the stomach unscathed and reach the intestines where it dissolves to release its poopy powdery payload.

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Shortly afterwards, the spaceship was also forced to abort its deployment of mock Starlink satellites after the payload door got stuck and had to be closed.

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He said Indian fighter jets approached Pakistani territory and the air force was under instructions to shoot down any that crossed into its airspace or dropped a payload.

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The RSF had previously used what are known as suicide or loitering drones, small UAVs with explosive payloads that are designed to crash into targets and can carry out coordinated attacks.

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paying guest payload assist module

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