figurative. An insubstantial, delusive, or fraudulent project or enterprise, esp. of a commercial or financial nature. Cf. Mississippi Bubble n. at…
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释义 | the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > defrauding or swindling > [noun] > scheme > commercial or financial (5) bubble1700 figurative. An insubstantial, delusive, or fraudulent project or enterprise, esp. of a commercial or financial nature. Cf. Mississippi Bubble n. at… Ponzi scheme1920 A form of fraud in which belief in the success of a non-existent enterprise is fostered by payment of quick returns to first investors using money… pyramid1920 Originally U.S. An (often illicit) form of investment scheme in which a paying participant recruits two or more further participants, returns… pyramid scheme1949 = sense 10b. pyramid selling1965 A system of selling goods or services in which agency rights are sold to an increasing number of distributors at successively lower levels; (also… |
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