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payload in WordNet English dictionary

noun
  1. goods carried by a large vehicle
    cargo  lading  freight  load  loading  payload  shipment  consignment 
  2. 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  payload  load 
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payload in English Wiktionary

 
  1. (noun) That part of a cargo that produces revenue
  2. (noun) The total weight of passengers, crew, equipment and cargo carried by an aircraft or spacecraft
  3. (noun) The explosive in the warhead of a missile
  4. (noun) (computing) The functional part of a computer virus rather than the part that spreads it
  5. (noun) (communications) The actual data in a data stream
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