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pyramid schemes

pyramid schemes is the plural of pyramid scheme.

Meaning of pyramid scheme

Noun

pyramid scheme (plural pyramid schemes)

  1. An illicit money-making investment scheme in which early investors are paid primarily or wholly from the funds of later investors, and which eventually collapses to the detriment of the most recent participants.

Questions about pyramid schemes

What is pyramid schemes the plural of?
Pyramid schemes is the plural of pyramid scheme.

Words near pyramid schemes in the dictionary

  1. pyramid piano
  2. pyramid pianos
  3. pyramid pool
  4. pyramid roof
  5. pyramid scheme
  6. pyramid schemes
  7. pyramid seller
  8. pyramid sellers
  9. pyramid selling
  10. pyramid sight
  11. pyramid sights

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