payload

Plural: payloads

Noun

• The income-producing part of a cargo or a vehicle's carrying capacity.
• the front part of a guided missile or rocket or torpedo that carries the nuclear or explosive charge or the chemical or biological agents
• goods carried by a large vehicle
• That part of a cargo that produces revenue.
• The total weight of passengers, crew, equipment, and cargo carried by an aircraft or spacecraft.
• 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.
• The actual data in a data stream.

Examples

• His rack, full of high-point letters, felt like a heavy PAYLOAD, ready to drop a big score.

Synonyms

cargo, consignment, freight, lading, load, loading, shipment, warhead