pyramiding

Definition of Pyramiding in English :

Noun

1. pyramiding

a fraudulent business practice involving some form of pyramid scheme e.g., the chain of distribution is artificially expanded by an excessive number of distributors selling to other distributors at progressively higher wholesale prices until retail prices are unnecessarily inflated

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Pyramiding

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noun

1.

a huge masonry construction that has a square base and, as in the case of the ancient Egyptian royal tombs, four sloping triangular sides

2.

an object, formation, or structure resembling such a construction

3. mathematics

a solid having a polygonal base and triangular sides that meet in a common vertex

4. crystallography

a crystal form in which three planes intersect all three axes of the crystal

5. anatomy

any pointed or cone-shaped bodily structure or part

6. finance

a group of enterprises containing a series of holding companies structured so that the top holding company controls the entire group with a relatively small proportion of the total capital invested

7. mainly US

the series of transactions involved in pyramiding securities

8. (plural)

a game similar to billiards with fifteen coloured balls

verb

9.

to build up or be arranged in the form of a pyramid

10. mainly US

to speculate in (securities or property) by increasing purchases on additional margin or collateral derived from paper profits associated with high prices of securities and property in a boom

11. finance

to form (companies) into a pyramid

Pyramiding

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noun

1.

any huge structure with a square base and four sloping, triangular sides meeting at the top, as those built by the ancient Egyptians for royal tombs

2.

an object, formation, structure, or organization shaped like or suggesting a pyramid

3.

a crystal form in which as many as 12 sloping faces intersect at a point

4. Geometry

a solid figure having a polygonal base, the sides of which form the bases of triangular surfaces meeting at a common vertex

verb intransitive, verb transitive

5.

to build up, mass, or heap in the form of a pyramid

6. US

to engage in (a series of buying or selling operations) during an upward or downward trend in the stock market, working on margin with the profits made in the transactions

Pyramiding

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n.

1.

a. A solid figure with a polygonal base and triangular faces that meet at a common point.

b. Something shaped like this polyhedron.

2.

a. A massive monument of ancient Egypt having a rectangular base and four triangular faces culminating in a single apex, built over or around a crypt or tomb.

b. Any of various similar constructions, especially a four-sided Mesoamerican temple having stepped sides and a flat top surmounted by chambers.

3. The transactions involved in pyramiding stock.

4. Anatomy A structure or part suggestive of a pyramid in shape.

v. pyr·a·mid·ed, pyr·a·mid·ing, pyr·a·mids

v.tr.

1. To place or build in the shape of a pyramid.

2. To build (an argument or thesis, for example) progressively from a basic general premise.

3. To speculate in (stock) by making a series of buying and selling transactions in which paper profits are used as margin for buying more stock.

v.intr.

1. To assume the shape of a pyramid.

2. To increase rapidly and on a widening base.

3. To pyramid stocks.

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