Cargo vs. Payload

Cargonoun

Freight carried by a ship, aircraft, or motor vehicle.

Cargonoun

(Papua New Guinea) Western material goods.

Cargonoun

The lading or freight of a ship or other vessel; the goods, merchandise, or whatever is conveyed in a vessel or boat; load; freight.

Cargonoun

goods carried by a large vehicle

Cargo

In economics, the word cargo refers in particular to goods or produce being conveyed—generally for commercial gain—by water, air or land. Freight is the price paid to carry cargo.

Payloadnoun

That part of a cargo that produces revenue.

Payloadnoun

The total weight of passengers, crew, equipment, and cargo carried by an aircraft or spacecraft.

Payloadnoun

That part of a rocket, missile, propelled stinger, or torpedo that is not concerned with propulsion or guidance, such as a warhead or satellite.

Payloadnoun

(computing) The functional part of a computer virus or another type of malware program, rather than the part that spreads it.

Payloadnoun

(communication) The actual data in a data stream.

Payloadnoun

The part of a missile or torpedo that carries the explosive charge.

Payloadnoun

The goods carried by a large vehicle.

Payloadnoun

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

Payloadnoun

goods carried by a large vehicle

Payload

Payload is the object or the entity which is being carried by an aircraft or launch vehicle. Sometimes payload also refers to the carrying capacity of an aircraft or launch vehicle, usually measured in terms of weight.