Payload

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  payload \pay"load`\ (p[=a]"l[=o]d`) n.
     The part of a missile or torpedo that carries the explosive
     charge.
  
     Syn: warhead, load.
          [WordNet 1.5]


  
     2. The goods carried by a large vehicle.
  
     Syn: cargo, lading, freight, load, loading, shipment,
          consignment.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  payload
       n 1: the front part of a guided missile or rocket or torpedo that
            carries the nuclear or explosive charge or the chemical
            or biological agents [syn: {warhead}, {load}]
       2: goods carried by a large vehicle [syn: {cargo}, {lading}, {freight},
           {load}, {loading}, {shipment}, {consignment}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  34 Moby Thesaurus words for "payload":
     atomic warhead, baggage, bird, blast, burden, cargo, carload,
     cartload, charge, consignment, freight, freightage, full load,
     goods, guided missile, haul, impedimenta, lading, load, luggage,
     missile, nuclear warhead, pack, rocket, shipload, shipment,
     thermonuclear warhead, torpedo, trailerload, trainload, truckload,
     vanload, war rocket, warhead