Synonym: Great Pyramid, Pyramid, Pyramids of Egypt. Similar words: amid, ceramics, ramification, pyre, pyrrhic, tyrant, tyranny, at any rate. Meaning: ['pɪrəmɪd] n. 1. a polyhedron having a polygonal base and triangular sides with a common vertex 2. (stock market) a series of transactions in which the speculator increases his holdings by using the rising market value of those holdings as margin for further purchases 3. a massive monument with a square base and four triangular sides; begun by Cheops around 2700 BC as royal tombs in ancient Egypt. v. 1. enlarge one's holdings on an exchange on a continued rise by using paper profits as margin to buy additional amounts 2. use or deal in (as of stock or commercial transaction) in a pyramid deal 3. arrange or build up as if on the base of a pyramid 4. increase rapidly and progressively step by step on a broad base.
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(31) The golf tee system is the exact opposite of the pyramid system with its massive support operation.
(32) Alimucaj, who has denied that his company is a pyramid scheme, declined to be interviewed.
(33) There had been much talk of curses like those said to afflict pyramid robbers, which Holmes had angrily pooh-poohed.
(34) Pyramid and Sequent score well, along with Siemens Nixdorf, in the top end performance ratings for mainframe Unix.
(35) Professionals' self-esteem had been founded upon being at the top of the manual wages pyramid.
(36) At the core of the pyramid there would be a maximal division of labour.
(37) He said the profession of surfing photography was like a pyramid.
(38) Some dog I got too. We call him Egypt. Because in every room he leaves a pyramid. Rodney Dangerfield
(39) Armies so non-national and drawn so largely from the lowest strata of the social pyramid were prone to lose men by desertion.
(40) The sight of Gustave Eiffel's soaring pyramid makes the visitor's heart quicken.
(41) He lies there in the peeling pyramid of the attic bedroom, on his cot shaped like a gutter.
(42) The balance was split between others up and down the pyramid.
(43) Groups resulting from a parent manufacturer establishing a pyramid of subcontractors and component suppliers.
(44) Together, they confirm the Food Guide Pyramid recommendation to base your eating habits on grain foods.
(45) Let the Pyramid Pooper take a hike just this once, eh? 0196.
(46) Even the album cover is an Earth, Wind and Fire knockoff of a pyramid with Prince-like lettering.
(47) The bottom of the pyramid is chaotic and almost totally lacking in infrastructure.
(48) He was standing on this big silver pyramid where the stage was.
(49) Aztec settlers built their pyramid city on an island and created dikes to hold back floods.
(50) At the base of the revolutionary pyramid lay the popularly elected town Juntas,[http://sentencedict.com/pyramid.html] sometimes two in the same town.
(51) On the east side of the Avenue was the large Pyramid of the Sun.
(52) Built-in metal stands overflowed with giant oranges and grapefruits meticulously arranged into a pyramid.
(53) Luxor, built in the shape of a pyramid, complete with a sphinx out front.
(54) If we hire pyramid builders, mechanics, or road builders to create an organizational fishnet, the results will be disappointing.
(55) This pyramid scheme was so successful that some counselors were earning more than $ 150, 000 a month.
(56) The management plan being implemented by the pyramid authorities would relocate the camels from this ridge.
(57) I tossed the map into the backseat, where it was a shape like a paper pyramid.
(58) In 1988, he banned tourists from the interior of the Great Pyramid for six months.
(59) But never mind all those skulls lined up at the intersection of the Aztec pyramid and the Catholic cathedral on stage.
(60) The island's administration was unified under a government structure shaped like a pyramid.
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