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pyramid scheme plural pyramid schemes
a diagram depicting how a pyramid scheme fails as the number of participants required increases exponentially . In this example, each participants are required to recruit six more participants. An illicit money-making investment scheme in which early investors are paid primarily or wholly from the funds of later investors , and which eventually collapses to the detriment of the most recent participants .
Coordinate term: Ponzi scheme 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 (ja) ( むげんれんさこう, mugenrensakō ) , ネズミ講 (ja) ( 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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