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词汇 pyramid-scheme
释义 pyramid scheme
noun[ C ]
USuk /ˈpɪr.ə.mɪd ˌskiːm/ us /ˈpɪr.ə.mɪd ˌskiːm/
a way of deceiving investors (= people giving money to a company hoping to get more back) in which money that a company receives from new customers is not invested to their advantage, but is used instead to pay debts owed to existing customers宝塔形集资(公司从新客户处筹集资金并非是为了他们的利益投资,而是用于清还旧账的一种欺骗投资者的方式)
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pyramid scheme | Business English


pyramid scheme
noun
ukus
[ U ] MARKETING
→ pyramid selling
[ C ] FINANCE
→ Ponzi scheme

Examples of pyramid scheme


pyramid scheme
The cause celebre in this case was the pyramidscheme wave that got out of control before the government quashed it.
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We are behaving like participants in a pyramidscheme, who see that the base of the pyramid is starting to stagnate.
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These institutions became identified as a type of pyramidscheme because of the need to continuously attract new depositors in order to meet obligations.
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He lodged a successful complaint against a newspaper which characterised this as investment in a pyramidscheme.
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It has also been allegedly engaged in a pyramidscheme.
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This is often done in the form of a pyramidscheme.
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Company distributors were encouraged to recruit other distributors in a multilevel marketing structure, which was later characterized as a pyramidscheme.
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The plaintiffs alleged that the company knowingly operates as a pyramidscheme, and prevents its distributors from leaving the organization through the aforementioned provisions.
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The messages sent invite recipients to join the company's multi-level marketing program (effectively a pyramidscheme).
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It has been called the biggest pyramidscheme in history.
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In a pyramidscheme, those who recruit additional participants benefit directly.
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Johan fantasizes about constructing a pyramidscheme that will give him thousands of whiskey bottles.
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It has also been identified as a pyramidscheme.
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The company was involved in a pyramidscheme, collecting investments from about 250,000 people in a scam based on sales of exhaust gas removal devices.
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The company allegedly derived its income from a pyramidscheme.
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