View source for PYRAMIDING

[[INDEX_A|A]] · [[INDEX_B|B]] · [[INDEX_C|C]] · [[INDEX_D|D]] · [[INDEX_E|E]] · [[INDEX_F|F]] · [[INDEX_G|G]] · [[INDEX_H|H]] · [[INDEX_I|I]] · [[INDEX_J|J]] ·
[[INDEX_K|K]] · [[INDEX_L|L]] · [[INDEX_M|M]] · [[INDEX_N|N]] · [[INDEX_O|O]] · [[INDEX_P|P]] · [[INDEX_Q|Q]] · [[INDEX_R|R]] · [[INDEX_S|S]] · [[INDEX_T|T]] ·
[[INDEX_U|U]] · [[INDEX_V|V]] · [[INDEX_W|W]] · [[INDEX_X|X]] · [[INDEX_Y|Y]] · [[INDEX_Z|Z]]
== Definitions ==

1. speculating in [[SECURITIES|securities]] by buying and [[SELLING|selling]] stock on [[MARGIN|margin]] and using paper profits to buy and sell more.

2. a [[SITUATION|situation]] where a [[PARENT_COMPANY|parent company]] gets [[CONTROL|control]] [[OVER|over]] other companies with the consequent arrangement of [[HAVING|having]] a [[SERIES|series]] of companies [[LEADING|leading]] downward with each having [[CONTROLLING|controlling]] [[INTEREST|interest]] in the one below.

3. system of selling in which a [[COMPANY|company]] recruits individuals who [[PURCHASE|purchase]] the [[RIGHT|right]] to sell its products to other individuals, who may in turn have the right to sell to more individuals, etc. This creates a pyramid [[EFFECT|effect]] with the originator receiving specified varying percentages of all sales made under him.