noun🔗ShareThat part of a cargo that produces revenue."The delivery truck's payload of fresh produce was worth a lot of money for the farmer. "businesscommercenauticalvehicleChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareThe total weight of passengers, crew, equipment and cargo carried by an aircraft or spacecraft."The airplane's payload included the 100 passengers, the crew of five, and 2 tons of cargo. "vehicletechnologyspacenauticalmilitaryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareThat part of a rocket, missile, propelled stinger or torpedo that is not concerned with propulsion or guidance, such as a warhead or satellite."The rocket carried a scientific payload of instruments designed to study the atmosphere. "technologymilitaryspaceweaponphysicsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareThe functional part of a computer virus or another type of malware program, rather than the part that spreads it."The email attachment looked harmless, but its payload was a virus that deleted all my important files. "viruscomputingtechnologyinternetChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share(communication) The actual data in a data stream."The email's payload was the attached document, containing the project report. "communicationtechnologycomputingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading