Meaning

(gambling) A line of symbols on a slot machine (horizontal, vertical or diagonal) that can win a jackpot..

Definitions by Sense

1. (gambling) A line of symbols on a slot machine (horizontal, vertical or diagonal) that can win a jackpot.
2. A criterion score used by an organization that gives grants to determine which applications are good enough to be given money.
3. The minimum salary associated with a pay grade.
4. (civil engineering) The planned limit of an excavation, beyond which a contractor is not paid for any excavation work.
5. (accounting) A line in a paysheet, corresponding to a single paycheck.

Example Sentences

This means that to win anything, you must line up a winning combination on that center payline and on that line only.

Much like bingo, the multiple payline machines give slots players various directions that can turn them into a winner. The single payline machine has one line across the machine, which shows where the reels must line up for a winning combination to be paid. The multiple payline machine, on the other hand, has three or five lines, depending upon the machine, which give players more winning positions on the reels.

The disadvantages in multi-payline machines are that the smaller payoffs are usually very small, much smaller than on one-payline machines, and also that the top jackpot is usually paid only if you line up the proper winning symbols in the correct sequence on the bottom, or third, payline. Or the fifth payline in case of the five-line machines, or the eighth payline in case of the eight-line machines, and so on — basically, if you don't play all the paylines you cannot win the jackpotl

When an Institute indicates a particular percentile payline, it means that Applications with an equal or better (lower) percentile will generally be funded.

NIH institutes vary in the amount of discretion exercised around the payline.

I should be quite happy. And I am certainly happier than those whose scores fell below the payline and who will not get funding. But I wrote several proposals to get that one funded, turning the process into a kind of lottery -- the more you play, the butter your chances (which is actually not true; it's just the only option).

A modification, using larger intergrade differentials between the lower grades and with differentials gradually decreasing in size as the payline moved upward through higher grades, solved both problems-⁠-providing more nearly competitive rates at GS-5 and GS-7 and a GS-18 rate which was much lower and more reasonable in the Federal context.

This table also compares these payline rates with current General Schedule payline rates (as established by Executive Order 11637, December 22, 1971), and shows the increases needed at each grade to attain comparability.

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