Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hand pay

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.10 in modern English

Syllables: hand -pay
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Example Sentences

"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!"

Inflected Forms

hand pays (plural)

Questions

What does hand pay mean?: 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.

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