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hand pays

hand pays is the plural of hand pay.

Meaning of hand pay

Noun

hand pay (plural hand pays)

  1. The situation when a slot attendant or cage gives the player a cash payout, rather than the actual slot machine paying out from the printer with ticket voucher or coin hopper.
    • If you could get 30 or more hands an hour (the low number is due to the frequent hand-pays), the hourly return exceeded $1,000!2003, Bob Dancer, Million Dollar Video Poker, page 231

Questions about hand pays

What is hand pays the plural of?
Hand pays is the plural of hand pay.

Words near hand pays in the dictionary

  1. hand over fist
  2. hand over hand
  3. hand over head
  4. hand paper
  5. hand pay
  6. hand pays
  7. hand percussion
  8. hand picked
  9. hand pie
  10. hand pies
  11. hand plant

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