pyramid scheme

Noun



 * 1) 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.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, 非法傳銷
 * Dutch: piramidestelsel, piramidesysteem,
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Georgian: პირამიდის სქემა, ფინანსური პირამიდის სქემა, ფინანსური პირამიდა
 * German:, Pyramidensystem
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: pýramídasvindl
 * Italian: marketing piramidale, sistema piramidale
 * Japanese: 無限連鎖講, ネズミ講
 * Norwegian: pyramidespill
 * Persian: طرح هرمی
 * Polish: piramida finansowa
 * Portuguese: esquema de pirâmide
 * Romanian: schemă piramidală
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: esquema piramidal, esquema piramidal, estafa de pirámide
 * Swedish: pyramidspel
 * Turkish: piramit sistemi, piramit şeması,