to pyramid
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8.5
- verb
- /ˈpɪrəmɪd/
- Specialized
- By pyramiding her investments, she was able to significantly increase her wealth over time.
Examples
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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.
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Investors often pyramid their profits to enhance their portfolios and secure greater returns.
Synonyms
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9.0
To use winnings to place another bet
Compounds
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8.5
A dishonest plan where people pay to join and only earn money by recruiting others, not by selling things
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A very large ancient Egyptian tomb for Pharaoh Khufu at Giza with a square base and four triangle-shaped sides
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A diagram showing who eats whom in an ecosystem, from plants to top predators
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A very large ancient Egyptian tomb in Giza built for the king Khufu about 2600 BC
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A solid shape with a square base and four triangular faces that meet at a top point
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A pyramid with the top cut off by a flat cut parallel to its base
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A solid with a flat base with all sides equal and triangular faces that meet at one top point
A tall plant with a stalk and pale green flowers that grows on dry sunny hills in western US
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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.