Synonyms for payload
ˈpeɪˌloʊdpay·load

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1. warhead, payload, loadnoun

   the front part of a guided missile or rocket or torpedo that carries the nuclear or explosive charge or the chemical or biological agents

   Synonyms:
   burden, warhead, incumbrance, onus, cargo, lading, loading, freight, encumbrance, consignment, shipment, load, lode

2. cargo, lading, freight, load, loading, payload, shipment, consignmentnoun

   goods carried by a large vehicle

   Synonyms:
   lading, despatch, committal, consignment, freight, lode, dispatch, onus, freightage, burden, loading, commitment, cargo, incumbrance, encumbrance, load, shipment, warhead, freight rate

Matched Categories

1. • Explosive
   • Merchandise

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1. List of paraphrases for "payload":

   load, burden, loading, deadweight, cargo

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1. Mitchell Burnside Clapp:

   Small satellites in the ALASA payload class represent the fastest-growing segment of the space launch market, dARPA expects this growth trend to continue as small satellites become increasingly more capable.

2. James Scott:

   A Nation State or Cyber-Mercenary won’t hack e-voting machines one by one. This takes too long and will have minimal impact. Instead, they’ll take an easier approach like spear phishing the manufacturer with malware and poison the voting machine update pre-election and allow the manufacturer to update each individual machine with a self-deleting payload that will target the tabulation process.

3. Tim Clark:

   It (787-10) doesn't have the capability of lifting the payload to distances that we would want beyond about eight hours.

4. Defense Secretary Ash Carter:

   I saw some of the A-10s that are flying bombing missions against ISIL (the Pentagon's term for ISIS) when I was at Incirlik Air Base in Turkey last December, and we need the additional payload capacity they can bring to the fight, we're pushing off the A-10's final retirement until 2022 so we can keep more aircraft that can drop smart bombs on ISIL.

5. Chuck Schumer:

   Our friends are playing politics with US intelligence. We sent a clear message to China that this is not acceptable. We protected civilians. We gained more intelligence while protecting our own sensitive information. And the bottom line here is shooting down the surveillance balloon over water wasn’t just the safest option, but it was the one that maximized our intelligence payload.