payload

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: pay=load

CIDE DICTIONARY

payload, n. 

•  The part of a missile or torpedo that carries the explosive charge.  [WordNet 1.5]
•  The goods carried by a large vehicle.  [WordNet 1.5]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

payload, n.
1 the part of an aircraft's load from which revenue is derived.
2 a the explosive warhead carried by an aircraft or rocket. b the instruments etc. carried by a spaceship.

THESAURUS

payload

atomic warhead, baggage, bird, blast, burden, cargo, carload, cartload, charge, consignment, freight, freightage, full load, goods, guided missile, haul, impedimenta, lading, load, luggage, missile, nuclear warhead, pack, rocket, shipload, shipment, thermonuclear warhead, torpedo, trailerload, trainload, truckload, vanload, war rocket, warhead