English Explanatory Dictionary

pyramid scheme

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  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.

Word forms

pyramid scheme pyramid schemes
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