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pyramid scheme

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.69 in modern English

Syllables
pyra-mid scheme
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
2
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Inflected Forms

pyramid schemes (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

Ponzi scheme

Questions

What does pyramid scheme mean?
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.

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