Thesaurus results for PAYLOAD

payload

noun

ˈpā-ˌlōd

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 robotic arm, known as Canadarm, was used to deploy, maneuver, and capture payloads for the astronauts. —

IEEE Spectrum, 5 Mar. 2026 Wisniewski said the company is being conservative on New Glenn's first flight with an AST payload. —

Rob Pegoraro, PC Magazine, 4 Mar. 2026 Those boosters and the Vulcan's own main booster eventually separated from the upper-stage, known as Centaur V, which used its two engines to continue propelling the payload to about 22,000 miles high. —

Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 27 Feb. 2026 That voluntary multilateral export control regime advises its members to abstain from exporting drones or missiles capable of carrying a payload of more than 500 kilograms over a distance of more than 300 kilometers (186 miles). —

Paul Iddon, Forbes.com, 24 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for payload

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Shipping industry leaders also say roughly 10% of container ships operating around the world are stuck in the strait, while United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations, which tracks security at sea, said in an advisory note Thursday that only two cargo vessels had passed in the 24 hours prior.

— Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2026
Major ship lines Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd have stopped accepting most cargo destined for the Persian Gulf countries.

— Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN Money, 6 Mar. 2026