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noun
2.
the number of paying passengers, as on an airplane.
3.
Aerospace, Military.
a.
the bomb load, warhead, cargo, or passengers of an aircraft, a rocket, missile, etc., for delivery at a target or destination.
b.
the total complement of equipment carried by a spacecraft for the performance of a particular mission in space.
c.
the explosive energy of the warhead of a missile or of the bomb load of an aircraft: a payload of 50 megatons.
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Payload
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
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Word Origin & History
payload
1930, from pay (n. or v.) + load (n.). Originally the part of an aircraft's load from which revenue is derived (passengers, cargo, mail); fig. sense of "bombs, etc. carried by a plane or missile" is from 1936.
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