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Pyramiding

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n. The practice of an athlete progressively increasing the dosage of an illegal drug to a maximum, and then progressively lowering it, between competitions so as to reduce the chances of being caught

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n. 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

Word Usage

"And because the tax applies to all business transactions, it creates what economists call a "pyramiding" effect that has a damaging overall economic impact."

Antonym

parlay

Verb Form

pyramided pyramiding pyramids

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

polyhedron arrange set up speculation venture

Cross Reference

pyramid of the tympanum pyramid of the thyroid gland pyramid pool pyramid of the vestibule lateral faces of a pyramid

Variant

pyramid scheme pyramid operation

Form

pyramidal pyramidology pyramidize pyramidologist pyramid scheme

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

mount

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

mound dome pillar cone edifice