Payline

Quick meaning: Payline is a noun meaning (gambling) A line of symbols on a slot machine (horizontal, vertical or diagonal) that can win a jackpot.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

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

Example Sentences

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

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

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

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.

Word Forms

• paylines

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include jackpot, paytable, moneyline, string, playboard, outlane.

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