pyramid

1 :  to speculate (as on a security or commodity exchange) by using paper profits as margin for additional transactions

2 :  to increase rapidly and progressively step by step on a broad base

1 :  to arrange or build up as if on the base of a pyramid

2 :  to use (something, such as profits) in speculative pyramiding

3 :  to increase the impact of (something, such as a tax assessed at the production level) on the ultimate consumer by treating as a cost subject to markup

1 :  a large structure built especially in ancient Egypt that usually has a square base and four triangular sides meeting at a point and that contains tombs

2 :  a shape or structure with a polygon for its base and three or more triangles for its sides which meet to form the top

1:  a polyhedron having for its base a polygon and for faces triangles with a common vertex

2:  an anatomical structure resembling a pyramid: asa:  renal pyramidb:  either of two large bundles of motor fibers from the cerebral cortex that reach the medulla oblongata and are continuous with the corticospinal tracts of the spinal cordc:  a conical projection making up the central part of the inferior vermis of the cerebellum

1 :  a group of holding companies superimposed on one another to give those in control of the top holding company control over all of the companies with a small investment

2 :  the series of operations involved in pyramiding on an exchange

3 :  a pyramid scheme

:  to speculate (as on a security or commodity exchange) by using paper profits as a margin for additional transactions

1 :  to use (as profits) in speculative pyramiding

2 :  to increase the impact of (as a tax assessed at the production level) on the ultimate consumer by treating as a cost subject to markup

:  of, relating to, or being an illegal scheme in which participants give money or other valuables in exchange for the opportunity to receive payment for recruiting others to participate in the scheme