Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun pyramiding

1 sense of pyramiding

Sense 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)
       => swindle, cheat, rig -- (the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme; "that book is a fraud")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb pyramid

4 senses of pyramid

Sense 1
pyramid -- (enlarge one's holdings on an exchange on a continued rise by using paper profits as margin to buy additional amounts)
       => profit, gain, benefit -- (derive a benefit from; "She profited from his vast experience")

Sense 2
pyramid -- (use or deal in (as of stock or commercial transaction) in a pyramid deal)
       => deal, sell, trade -- (do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood; "She deals in gold"; "The brothers sell shoes")

Sense 3
pyramid -- (arrange or build up as if on the base of a pyramid)
       => arrange, set up -- (put into a proper or systematic order; "arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order")

Sense 4
pyramid -- (increase rapidly and progressively step by step on a broad base)
       => increase -- (become bigger or greater in amount; "The amount of work increased")