a fraudulent business practice involving some form of pyramid scheme e.g., the chain of distribution is artificially expanded by an excessive number of distributors selling to other distributors at progressively higher wholesale prices until retail prices are unnecessarily inflated
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Pyramiding debt and credit expansion over the past 38 years has come to an abrupt end as predicted by free market economists.
From the washingtonpost.com
To breed the resistant lines, the scientists used gene pyramiding, in which more than one desirable gene is added to the plant.
From the sciencedaily.com
Calcium and protein aren't the only causes of pyramiding, there are many possible causes and each is not yet fully understood.
From the guardian.co.uk
As Canadians faced with similar problems, we applaud President Reagan's determination to dismantle his country's tangled web of pyramiding bureaucracy.
From the time.com
They were protesting the bureau's inefficiency and its indifference to the pyramiding problems faced by Indians, especially in the cities.
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- A polyhedron having a polygonal base and triangular sides with a common vertex
- Enlarge one's holdings on an exchange on a continued rise by using paper profits as margin to buy additional amounts
- (stock market) a series of transactions in which the speculator increases his holdings by using the rising market value of those holdings as margin for further purchases
- Use or deal in (as of stock or commercial transaction) in a pyramid deal
- A massive monument with a square base and four triangular sides; begun by Cheops around 2700 BC as royal tombs in ancient Egypt
- Arrange or build up as if on the base of a pyramid
- A pyramid (from Greek: u03C0u03C5u03C1u03B1u03BCu03AFu03C2 pyramis) is a structure whose outer surfaces are triangular and converge to a single point at the top, making the shape roughly a pyramid in the geometric sense. The base of a pyramid can be trilateral, quadrilateral, or any polygon shape, meaning that a pyramid has at least three outer triangular surfaces (at least four faces including the base)...
- Pyramid is a progressive rock album by The Alan Parsons Project. It was released in 1978. At the time the album was conceived, interest in pyramid power was very high. The album contains numerous references to the Egyptian pyramids. ...
- Pyramid is an Australian children's quiz show screening on the Nine Network hosted by Shura Taft. It is co-produced by Sydney-based Ambience Entertainment. It began broadcasting on 1 September 2009 and is filmed in front of a live studio audience. ...
