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   Pay·load

   /ˈpāˌlōd/

   

   noun

   • 1. the part of a vehicle's load, especially an aircraft's, from which revenue is derived; passengers and cargo.
   • ▪ equipment, personnel, or satellites carried by a spacecraft.
   • 2. an explosive warhead carried by a missile.
   • 3. the actual information or message in transmitted data, as opposed to automatically generated metadata.
   • ▪ the effects of a virus on a computer system.

   Scrabble Points: 13

   • P

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   • A

     1

   • Y

     4

   • L

     1

   • O

     1

   • A

     1

   • D

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