payline

Noun

payline (plural paylines)

1. A line of symbols on a slot machine (horizontal, vertical or diagonal) that can win a jackpot.
   • This means that to win anything, you must line up a winning combination on that center payline and on that line only.1994, Victor H. Royer, Casino Magazine's Play Smart and Win, →ISBN
   • 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...2012, Avery Cardoza, Winning Casino Play, →ISBN, page 11
2. A criterion score used by an organization that gives grants to determine which applications are good enough to be given money.
   • When an Institute indicates a particular percentile payline, it means that Applications with an equal or better (lower) percentile will generally be funded.2005, Reif-Lehrer, Grant Application Writer's Handbook, →ISBN, page 249
   • NIH institutes vary in the amount of discretion exercised around the payline.2013, Robert J. Sternberg, Writing Successful Grant Proposals from the Top Down and Bottom Up, →ISBN
3. The minimum salary associated with a pay grade.
   • 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...1969, United States Department of Defense, Modernizing military pay, page 89
   • 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.1973, Federal Pay Comparability Adjustments--1973
4. The planned limit of an excavation, beyond which a contractor is not paid for any excavation work.
   • The specifications provided for a circular payline 24 feet in diameter — 6 inches beyond the minimum clearance diameter of 23 feet.1971, The Military Engineer: Journal of the Society of American Military
   • A contractor is paid for excavating a certain amount of rock when constructing a tunnel; the line drawn in a cross section of the tunnel that defines this limit of excavation is called the payline (fig. 12). Any material excavated outside the payline is defined as overbreak, and a contractor is not...1981, Geological Survey Professional Paper - Volume 831, Part 3, page C-11
5. A line in a paysheet, corresponding to a single paycheck.
   • The payline number (LINE#) represents a single employee on a paysheet. Paylines are created during the paysheet creation process. One line is set up per employee, unless more are required.1999, Adam T. Bromwich, Peoplesoft HRMS Reporting, →ISBN
   • This is true of lump-sum projects, but the situation is reversed in unit-price contract projects, because a cost-loaded network does not synchronize with the payline items on unit-price contracts.2003, Jonathan F. Hutchings, Project Scheduling Handbook, →ISBN, page 114