payload

CEFRB2

/ˈpeɪloʊd/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

01
noun
The useful load carried by a vehicle or delivered by a system.
02
noun
Extra detail
The total weight of passengers, crew, equipment, and cargo carried by an aircraft or spacecraft.

Examples

Damiano’s mission is to secure the payload.
1990, Dave Mustaine, "Rust in Peace... Polaris", Megadeth, Rust in Peace. I spread disease like a dog / Discharge my payload a mile high / Rotten egg air of death wrestles your nostrils

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Deep Dive

Extra meanings

That part of a cargo that produces revenue.
That part of a rocket, missile, propelled stinger, or torpedo that is not concerned with propulsion or guidance, such as a warhead or satellite.
The functional part of a computer virus or another type of malware program, rather than the part that spreads it.

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Vendors must also describe to the Air Force whether they have experience integrating the device with payloads from other businesses, if they are capable of supporting flight test operations and working with ground support equipment and how soon the capability can be delivered. “Thrust Vector control must be included as a control methodology,” the service wrote in the request. “Other capability measurements of interest are, but not limited to, flight path angle, total impulse, speed, range, payload characteristics.
2024 September 23, Vanessa Montalbano, “Air Force interested in advanced booster for hypersonic weapons”, in Inside Defense

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From pay + load. From the early 20th century.