payloads

noun

plural of payload
as in loads
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 payloads Given that Starship can carry payloads of up to 100 tonnes, this represents only a fraction of its capacity. — New Atlas, 29 Sep. 2026 What the propulsion system aims to improve MagLev Aero says its HyperDrive platform could help drones fly faster and farther, carry heavier payloads and make less noise. — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 26 Sep. 2026 SpaceX has deployed sets of Starlink V3 test payloads on previous Starship launches, but due to their suborbital trajectory, all of them quickly came back down to Earth. — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 26 Sep. 2026 The situation jeopardized the US government’s policy of ensuring two separate rocket types are available to launch national security payloads into orbit. — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2026 The men stand outside their vehicles and discuss their payloads. — Devin Friedman, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for payloads
  1. loads
  2. cargoes
  3. loadings
  4. burdens
  5. weights
Noun
  • And some manage the difficult trick of tasting like fall without giving off loads of scented-candle energy.
    — Monti Carlo, AJC.com, 2 Oct. 2026
  • PlusAI uses sand to simulate the loads its trailers must carry to support research and development testing, as carrying the material closely mimics real freight conditions.
    — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of loads
Noun
  • My producer Harriet Taylor and I stood incredulously and watched cargoes of Putin’s gas steam into the Port of Rotterdam.
    — Brian Sullivan, CNBC, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Lines of trucks stretch for miles, and drivers sometimes wait more than three weeks to finally bring their cargoes across a border.
    — Jason Ma, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of cargoes
Noun
  • Ateios said electrodes at these loadings have already been shipped to a customer.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Its crude loadings fell to zero so far in September from 893,000 barrels a day in July, according to Kpler.
    — Sam Meredith,Anniek Bao, CNBC, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of loadings
Noun
  • Janelle King, one of four Republicans on the five-member board, said during a meeting Thursday that such a requirement would impose new burdens on county election officials, including possibly having to hire additional poll workers.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 2 Oct. 2026
  • When regulations begin to overlap, permitting and building are jeopardized through financial and practical burdens.
    — Bennett Lawson, Chicago Tribune, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of burdens
Noun
  • However, the model’s final hardware requirements, downloadable weights, and independent benchmark results were not publicly available at the time of the announcement.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2026
  • During its original heyday, the Alite series dipped to weights below 400 lb (181 kg) and was even popular for motorcycle camping.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of weights

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“Payloads.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/payloads. Accessed 6 Oct. 2026.

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