pyramid

Noun

• a massive monument with a square base and four triangular sides; begun by Cheops around 2700 BC as royal tombs in ancient Egypt

• (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

• a polyhedron having a polygonal base and triangular sides with a common vertex

Verb

• increase rapidly and progressively step by step on a broad base

• arrange or build up as if on the base of a pyramid

• use or deal in (as of stock or commercial transaction) in a pyramid deal

• enlarge one's holdings on an exchange on a continued rise by using paper profits as margin to buy additional amounts

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  Pyramid , Great Pyramid , Pyramids of Egypt