What is a “Payload”? e.g XML Payload

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While browsing some web service docs, I came across the word "payload", "xml payload" ...

From wikipeida: "*Payload in computing (sometimes referred to as the actual or body data) is the cargo of a data transmission. *"Does not make much sense here. Can anyone explain what payload / xml payload mean?Thanks.