Definitions For 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
• A very large structure built especially in ancient Egypt that has a square base and four triangular sides which form a point at the top
• A shape, object, or pile that is wide near the bottom and narrows gradually as it reaches the top
• Something that resembles a pyramid in the way its parts are arranged or organized

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