pyramid scheme

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.

Synonyms

Ponzi scam, Ponzi scheme, pyramid selling scheme

Translations

illicit money-making scheme

Chinese:
Mandarin: 層壓式推銷 (zh), 层压式推销 (zh) (céngyāshì tuīxiāo), 非法傳銷, 非法传销 (fēifǎ chuánxiāo)
Dutch: pyramidesysteem n, pyramidespel n
Finnish: pyramidihuijaus
French: vente pyramidale (fr) f
Georgian: პირამიდის სქემა (ṗiramidis skema), ფინანსური პირამიდის სქემა (pinansuri ṗiramidis skema), ფინანსური პირამიდა (pinansuri ṗiramida)
German: Schneeballsystem (de) n
Hungarian: piramisjáték

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)
Russian: финансовая пирами́да (ru) (finansovaja piramída)
Spanish: esquema de pirámide, esquema piramidal, estafa piramidal
Swedish: pyramidspel n

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