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pyramid   (TTS Sound)

The noun pyramid has 3 senses

• pyramid -- (a polyhedron having a polygonal base and triangular sides with a common vertex)


• pyramid -- ((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)


• Pyramid, Great Pyramid, Pyramids of Egypt -- (a massive monument with a square base and four triangular sides; begun by Cheops around 2700 BC as royal tombs in ancient Egypt)

The 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)


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


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


• pyramid -- (increase rapidly and progressively step by step on a broad base)