1. Goods carried by a large vehicle
   "on arrival they transfered the payload to the warehouse";
   - cargo, lading, freight, load, shipment, consignment
    
2. The front part of a guided missile or rocket or torpedo that carries the nuclear or explosive charge or the chemical or biological agents
   "The treaty limited the number of payloads each country could possess";
   - warhead, load

Derived forms: payloads

Type of: explosive, merch [informal], merchandise, product, ware

Part of: guided missile

Encyclopedia: Payload