PAYLOAD Definition & Meaning

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payload

[ pey-lohd ]

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noun

the part of a cargo producing revenue or income, usually expressed in weight.
the number of paying passengers, as on an airplane.
Aerospace, Military.
1. the bomb load, warhead, cargo, or passengers of an aircraft, a rocket, missile, etc., for delivery at a target or destination.
2. the total complement of equipment carried by a spacecraft for the performance of a particular mission in space.
3. the explosive energy of the warhead of a missile or of the bomb load of an aircraft:
  a payload of 50 megatons.

payload

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noun

that part of a cargo earning revenue
1. the passengers, cargo, or bombs carried by an aircraft
2. the equipment carried by a rocket, satellite, or spacecraft
the explosive power of a warhead, bomb, etc, carried by a missile or aircraft
a missile carrying a 50-megaton payload

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of payload¹

First recorded in 1925–30; pay ¹ + load

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Both she and Ratcliffe also claimed that none of the information on the Signal group chat, which included detailed plans for bombing targets in Yemen and how U.S. planes would deliver the payload, was classified.

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Hegseth provided operational details of the strikes two hours before American bombers delivered the payload.

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After launching into space, it releases what is called its payload - whatever it is carrying, such as a satellite, to complete its mission - which continues its journey into space.

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The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is used to transport people and payloads into the Earth's atmosphere.

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Poem – short for PS4-Orbital Experiment Module - is carrying 24 payloads and has already carried out two successful experiments.

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