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to pyramid

to pyramid

8.5
To use profits to buy more of an investment in stages
  • verb
  • /ˈpɪrəmɪd/
  • Specialized
translation icon : escalar posiciones
  • By pyramiding her investments, she was able to significantly increase her wealth over time.

Examples

  • So the Joyces took the money and started pyramiding apartments.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • He decided to pyramid his gains from the stock market to finance a new business venture.

  • Investors often pyramid their profits to enhance their portfolios and secure greater returns.

Synonyms

to parlay
vsto pyramid
  • Jargon
1 9.0

To use winnings to place another bet

reinvests profits repeatedly in stages by using current holdings' value to buy more

Compounds

A dishonest plan where people pay to join and only earn money by recruiting others, not by selling things

A very large ancient Egyptian tomb for Pharaoh Khufu at Giza with a square base and four triangle-shaped sides

food pyramid
  • Specialized
4 3.9

A diagram showing who eats whom in an ecosystem, from plants to top predators

A very large ancient Egyptian tomb in Giza built for the king Khufu about 2600 BC

9.9

A low-growing plant that stays green and has blue or purple flowers

9.9

A tall plant with a stalk and pale green flowers that grows on dry sunny hills in western US

regular pyramid
  • Specialized
6.8

A solid with a flat base with all sides equal and triangular faces that meet at one top point

truncated pyramid
  • Specialized
7.2

A pyramid with the top cut off by a flat cut parallel to its base

square pyramid
  • Specialized
5.3

A solid shape with a square base and four triangular faces that meet at a top point

How Much

to overleverage
  • Specialized
1 8.8
to pyramid
  • Specialized
8.5
to reinvest
20 3.9
to extend
11 5.1

Surface Forms

pyramid infinitive
pyramided past
pyramided past participle
pyramiding present participle
pyramids third person singular

Etymology

To pyramid your investments means to use earlier profits as a base to buy more, a meaning taken from the picture of a pyramis where many layers rise to a point, which explains why this method can grow gains but also increase risk if the base fails.