Usually means: Cargo or data carried, transported.
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We found 38 dictionaries that define the word payload:

General (23 matching dictionaries)
  1. payload: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. payload: Merriam-Webster
  3. payload: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. payload: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. payload: Collins English Dictionary
  6. payload: Vocabulary.com
  7. Payload, payload: Wordnik
  8. payload: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. Payload: InfoVisual Visual Dictionary
  10. payload: Wiktionary
  11. payload: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  12. payload: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  13. payload: Infoplease Dictionary
  14. payload: Dictionary.com
  15. payload: Online Etymology Dictionary
  16. payload: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  17. Payload (EP), Payload (G.I. Joe), Payload (air and space craft), Payload (computing), Payload (disambiguation), Payload (software), Payload: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  18. payload: Rhymezone
  19. payload: FreeDictionary.org
  20. payload: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. payload, payload (missile): TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. Travel Industry Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. eyefortransport e-commerce transportation glossary (No longer online)
  3. payload: Legal dictionary
  4. Glossary of Trucking Terms (No longer online)
  5. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. payload: Webster's New World Hacker Dictionary
  2. Payload: Tech Terms Computer Dictionary
  3. I T Glossary (No longer online)
  4. payload: Encyclopedia

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Mars Glossary (No longer online)
  2. PAYLOAD: Zoom Astronomy Glossary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. The payload, payload: Urban Dictionary

Tech (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. payload: Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary
  2. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  3. Glossary of Meteorology (No longer online)

(Note: See payloads as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  That part of a cargo that produces revenue.
noun:  The total weight of passengers, crew, equipment, and cargo carried by an aircraft or spacecraft.
noun:  That part of a rocket, missile, propelled stinger, or torpedo that is not concerned with propulsion or guidance, such as a warhead or satellite.
noun:  (computing) The functional part of a computer virus or another type of malware program, rather than the part that spreads it.
noun:  (communication) The actual data in a data stream.

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