| 单词 | pyramid scheme |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspyramid scheme pyramid scheme n. originally U.S. = sense 10b. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > defrauding or swindling > [noun] > scheme > commercial or financial bubble1700 Ponzi scheme1920 pyramid1920 pyramid scheme1949 pyramid selling1965 1949 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 6 Feb. 10 a/1 Pyramid scheme held mathematical monster... 25,159,680 persons would have to contribute their money to insure that the original 24 persons in the bottom line..would collect their $2048. 1968 Los Angeles Times 31 July d15 [A new bill] outlaws ‘endless chain’ or pyramid schemes. 1997 Economist 25 Jan. 43/1 The losses incurred by perhaps half of all Albanian families as a result of collapsing pyramid schemes may hurt the government. < as lemmas |
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