See also: pyramid-scheme
English
Noun
pyramid scheme (plural pyramid schemes)
- An illicit money-making investment scheme whereby early investors are paid primarily or wholly by later investors. Eventually all such schemes fail to the detriment of recent (later) investors.
Coordinate terms
Translations
illicit money-making scheme
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 層壓式推銷 / 层压式推销 (zh) (céngyāshì tuīxiāo), 非法傳銷 / 非法传销 (fēifǎ chuánxiāo)
- Danish: pyramidespil c, pyramideforetagende
- Dutch: piramidestelsel n, piramidesysteem n, piramidespel (nl) n
- Finnish: pyramidihuijaus (fi)
- French: vente pyramidale (fr) f, pyramide de Ponzi (fr) f
- Georgian: პირამიდის სქემა (ṗiramidis skema), ფინანსური პირამიდის სქემა (pinansuri ṗiramidis skema), ფინანსური პირამიდა (pinansuri ṗiramida)
- German: Schneeballsystem (de) n, Pyramidensystem n
- Hungarian: piramisjáték (hu)
- Icelandic: pýramídasvindl n
- Italian: marketing piramidale, sistema piramidale
- Japanese: 無限連鎖講 (むげんれんさこう, mugenrensakō), ネズミ講 (nezumikō)
- Norwegian: pyramidespill n
- Persian: طرح هرمی (tarh-e herami)
- Polish: piramida finansowa f
- Portuguese: esquema de pirâmide m
- Romanian: schemă piramidală f
- Russian: финансовая пирами́да (ru) (finansovaja piramída)
- Spanish: esquema piramidal f, estafa de pirámide f, fraude de pirámide empresarial m
- Swedish: pyramidspel n
- Turkish: piramit sistemi, piramit şeması, saadet zinciri (tr)
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