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a massive memorial with a square base and four triangular sides; built 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 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 |
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