payload

pay·load  (pld)

n.

1. The revenue-producing part of a cargo.

2.

a. The total weight of passengers and cargo that an aircraft carries or can carry.

b. The total weight of the instruments, crew, and life-support systems that a spacecraft carries or can carry.

c. The passengers, crew, instruments, or equipment carried by an aircraft, spacecraft, or rocket.

3. The explosive charge carried in the warhead of a missile.

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payload

Noun

1. the amount of passengers, cargo, or bombs which an aircraft can carry

2. the part of a cargo which earns revenue

3. the explosive power of a warhead or bomb carried by a missile or aircraft

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	payload - the front part of a guided missile or rocket or torpedo that carries the nuclear or explosive charge or the chemical or biological agents warhead, load atomic warhead, nuclear warhead, nuke, thermonuclear warhead - the warhead of a missile designed to deliver an atom bomb explosive - a chemical substance that undergoes a rapid chemical change (with the production of gas) on being heated or struck guided missile - a rocket-propelled missile whose path can be controlled during flight either by radio signals or by internal homing devices
	2.	payload - goods carried by a large vehicle cargo, consignment, freight, lading, shipment, load, loading merchandise, product, ware - commodities offered for sale; "good business depends on having good merchandise"; "that store offers a variety of products"

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1. The sum of the weight of passengers and cargo that an aircraft can carry. See also load.
2. The warhead, its container, and activating devices in a military missile.
3. The satellite or research vehicle of a space probe or research missile.
4. The load (expressed in tons of cargo or equipment, gallons of liquid, or number of passengers) which the vehicle is designed to transport under specified conditions of operation, in addition to its unladen weight.

Translations

payload [ˈpeɪləud] n → carga útil

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payload [ˈpeɪləud] n → charge f utile

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payload [ˈpeɪləud] pay n → Nutzlast f

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payload [ˈpeɪləud] n → carico utile