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1. pyramid_scheme
noun. a fraudulent scheme in which people are recruited to make payments to the person who recruited them while expecting to receive payments from the persons they recruit; when the number of new recruits fails to sustain the hierarchical payment structure the scheme collapses with most of the participants losing the money they put in.
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2. pyramid
verb. ['ˈpɪrəmɪd'] enlarge one's holdings on an exchange on a continued rise by using paper profits as margin to buy additional amounts.
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- pyramid (English)
- pyramide (French)
- piramide (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
3. pyramid
verb. ['ˈpɪrəmɪd'] increase rapidly and progressively step by step on a broad base.
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- pyramid (English)
- pyramide (French)
- piramide (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
4. pyramid
verb. ['ˈpɪrəmɪd'] use or deal in (as of stock or commercial transaction) in a pyramid deal.
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- pyramid (English)
- pyramide (French)
- piramide (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
5. pyramid
noun. ['ˈpɪrəmɪd'] a polyhedron having a polygonal base and triangular sides with a common vertex.
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- pyramid (English)
- pyramide (French)
- piramide (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
6. pyramid
verb. ['ˈpɪrəmɪd'] arrange or build up as if on the base of a pyramid.
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- pyramid (English)
- pyramide (French)
- piramide (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
7. scheme
noun. ['ˈskiːm'] an elaborate and systematic plan of action.
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- scheme (English)
- schema (Latin)
- σχῆμα (Ancient Greek (to 1453))
8. scheme
verb. ['ˈskiːm'] form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner.
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- scheme (English)
- schema (Latin)
- σχῆμα (Ancient Greek (to 1453))
9. scheme
noun. ['ˈskiːm'] a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery.
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- scheme (English)
- schema (Latin)
- σχῆμα (Ancient Greek (to 1453))
10. scheme
noun. ['ˈskiːm'] a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole.
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- scheme (English)
- schema (Latin)
- σχῆμα (Ancient Greek (to 1453))