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Pyramid   /pˈɪrəmɪd/   Listen
Pyramid

noun
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.  Synonyms: Great Pyramid, Pyramids of Egypt.
verb
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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"Pyramid" Quotes from Famous Books



... the fisherman with his skiff and his nets no longer animates the surface of its waters. Nazareth still retains some portion of its former consequence. Six miles farther south stands the hill of Tabor, sometimes denominated Itabyrius, presenting a pyramid of verdure crowned with olives and sycamores. From the top of this mountain, the modern Tor and scene of the transfiguration, we look down on the river Jordan, the Lake of ...
— Palestine or the Holy Land - From the Earliest Period to the Present Time • Michael Russell
... pleasure and artificial gardens are many columns and pyramids of marble, two fountains that spout water one round the other like a pyramid, upon which are perched small birds that stream water out of their bills. In the Grove of Diana is a very agreeable fountain, with Actaeon turned into a stag, as he was sprinkled by the goddess and ...
— Travels in England and Fragmenta Regalia • Paul Hentzner and Sir Robert Naunton
... his hand. "Don't say any more; don't try to excuse her to me. It's of no use. Good night." But a few feet from the porch he stopped to add, less grimly: "I should have said good morning. You see how that pyramid stands out against that pale streak of horizon. There is only time for a nap before sunrise. ...
— The Rim of the Desert • Ada Woodruff Anderson
... Wren. The building is in all respects like others of its period, but has a curious spire added later. This has been described as "two hogsheads placed crosswise, in the ends of which are the dials of the clock," and above is a kind of pyramid, ...
— The Strand District - The Fascination of London • Sir Walter Besant
... every description: a four-horse carriage full of broken crockery and kitchen utensils, with two or three dressed-up and beplumed negroes on each horse; a big wagon drawn by oxen and loaded with bales carefully corded and packed, damask armchairs, frying pans and pitchforks, and on top of this pyramid a negress wearing a necklace and with a feather stuck in her hair; an old country coach drawn by a single mule and with a load of ten trunks and, ten negroes, three of whom were upon the animal's back. Mingle with all this bath chairs, litters and sedan chairs piled high with loot of all kinds, ...
— The Memoirs of Victor Hugo • Victor Hugo


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