Thesaurus results for PAYLOAD

payload

noun

ˈpā-ˌlōd

Definition of payload

as in cargo

a mass or quantity of something taken up and carried, conveyed, or transported the space shuttle can carry a maximum payload of approximately 50,000 pounds

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Recent Examples of payload The design, classifying Falcon Heavy as a super-heavy launch vehicle, means the rocket is capable of transporting much bigger payloads to orbit. — Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026 Other commercial payloads using Falcon 9, including those bound for the International Space Station, are also on schedule to launch from Florida. — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 25 Aug. 2026 Another, lesser possibility, is that some technical issue was discovered at the last minute with either the complex Chang’e 7 payload, or the rocket. — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 23 Aug. 2026 The aircraft will also carry a maximum payload of 2,200 pounds. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 21 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for payload

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Last week, an attack on a cargo ship transiting the waterway killed a crew member.

— Anniek Bao, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026
State officials say keeping the Coronado Bridge physically sound is crucial to the region and the nation because the bridge’s navigational channels are used by Navy aircraft carriers and cargo ships from the National City Marine Terminal.

— David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of cargo

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There’s no doubt about it that hot water serves its purpose to clean and sanitize items, but that doesn’t mean this setting should be the default for every load.

— Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 26 Aug. 2026
This outer layer absorbs physical stress directly, protecting the delicate internal materials from bending or cracking under load.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of load

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And fourth, each moved fast, front-loading the painful medicine of store closures, marketplace cleanups, and resetting Wall Street expectations immediately upon taking over, rather than kicking the can down the road, letting problems fester.

— Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2026
Fix the curbs and loading zones around these facilities, which the comptroller’s own data identifies as the crash problem.

— Jessica Walker, New York Daily News, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of loading

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Federal guidance for public schools expressly recognizes that a teacher may excuse a student from class to relieve a significant burden on religious exercise, giving Muslim students who need to pray during Ramadan as one example.

— Asma Uddin, The Conversation, 31 Aug. 2026
Ukraine has also tried to make Russian civilians feel the burden of war by hammering major online retailers and oil facilities.

— ABC News, ABC News, 31 Aug. 2026

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