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Noun pyramiding has 1 sense

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
--₁ is a kind of swindle, cheat, rig

Verb pyramid has 4 senses

pyramid - enlarge one's holdings on an exchange on a continued rise by using paper profits as margin to buy additional amounts
--₁ is one way to profit, gain, benefit
Sample sentence:
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pyramid - use or deal in (as of stock or commercial transaction) in a pyramid deal
--₂ is one way to deal, sell, trade
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
pyramid - arrange or build up as if on the base of a pyramid
--₃ is one way to arrange, set up

Derived forms: noun Pyramid₃, noun pyramid₁
Sample sentence:
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pyramid - increase rapidly and progressively step by step on a broad base
--₄ is one way to increase
Sample sentence:
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