Synonyms for payload


Grammar : Noun
Spell : pey-lohd
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpeɪˌloʊd


Définition of payload

Origin :
  • also pay-load, 1917, from pay + load (n.). Originally the part of a truck's (later an aircraft's) load from which revenue is derived (passengers, cargo, mail); figurative sense of "bombs, etc. carried by a plane or missile" is from 1936.
  • noun cargo
Example sentences :
  • And I have only about twice the fuel supply you carry for a 100-ton payload.
  • Extract from : « Atom Drive » by Charles Louis Fontenay
  • All the wrecks nest there while waiting hopefully for a payload or a grubstake.
  • Extract from : « Turnover Point » by Alfred Coppel
  • "We could have postponed recovering the payload and helped you," Scotty said reproachfully.
  • Extract from : « The Flying Stingaree » by Harold Leland Goodwin
  • Once the initial shock had passed, the body became an object only, a thing, a payload he had to deliver.
  • Extract from : « Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town » by Cory Doctorow
  • But those landing rockets and Lieutenant Commander Brown constituted all its payload.
  • Extract from : « Space Tug » by Murray Leinster
  • But his hand moved over his pad and he made an impatient go-on gesture with his head, swallowing some of his payload.
  • Extract from : « Makers » by Cory Doctorow
  • Once Merlin and company knew the payload had fallen into the cove, they would be diving for it themselves, under cover of guns.
  • Extract from : « The Flying Stingaree » by Harold Leland Goodwin

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