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
Translations
illicit money-making scheme
Chinese:
Mandarin: 層壓式推銷 ／ 层压式推销 (zh) ( céngyāshì tuīxiāo ) , 层压式推销 (zh) ( céngyāshì tuīxiāo ) , 非法 傳銷 ／ 非法 传销 ( fēifǎ chuánxiāo ) , 非法 传销 ( fēifǎ chuánxiāo )
Dutch: pyramidesysteem n pyramidespel n
Finnish: pyramidihuijaus (fi)
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
(deprecated template usage ) {{trans-mid }}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 )
Russian: финансовая пирами́да (ru) ( finansovaja piramída )
Spanish: esquema de pirámide esquema piramidal estafa piramidal
Swedish: pyramidspel n
