get-rich-'quick scheme

  • 1Get-rich-quick scheme — Easy money redirects here. For other uses, see Easy Money (disambiguation). A get rich quick scheme is a plan to acquire high rates of return for a small investment. The term get rich quick has been used to describe shady investments since at… …

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  • 2get-rich-quick — adj. Get rich quick is used with these nouns: ↑scheme …

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  • 3get-rich-quick — /gɛt ˌrɪtʃ ˈkwɪk/ (say get .rich kwik) adjective of or relating to a scheme, business, enterprise, etc., designed to make a lot of money in a short time, sometimes by shady means …

  • 4Scheme — may refer to:* Scheme (programming language), a minimalist, multi paradigm dialect of Lisp * Scheme (mathematics), an important concept in algebraic geometry * Scheme (linguistics), a figure of speech that changes a sentence s structureystematic… …

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  • 5scheme — scheme1 W1 [ski:m] n [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: schema arrangement, figure , from Greek, from echein to have, hold, be in a condition ] 1.) BrE an official plan that is intended to help people in some way, for example by providing… …

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  • 6scheme — I n. 1) to concoct, cook up, devise, think up a scheme 2) to foil, thwart a scheme 3) a diabolical; fantastic; get rich quick; grandiose; nefarious; preposterous, wild eyed scheme 4) a scheme to + inf. (she concocted a scheme to get publicity) 5) …

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  • 7scheme — noun 1 plan for getting an advantage, etc. for yourself ADJECTIVE ▪ crazy, hare brained ▪ She s come up with a hare brained scheme for getting her novel published. ▪ elaborate ▪ get rich quick …

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  • 8scheme — 01. The company that I work at has a [scheme] to increase its sales without increasing its costs. 02. Oliver is always [scheming] to get the most money for the least amount of work possible. 03. I don t think the government s [scheme] to reduce… …

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  • 9Pyramid scheme — The unsustainable exponential progression of a classic pyramid scheme A pyramid scheme is a non sustainable business model that involves promising participants payment or services, primarily for enrolling other people into the scheme, rather than …

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  • 10Work-at-home scheme — A Work at Home scheme is a get rich quick scheme in which a victim is lured by an offer to be employed at home, very often doing some simple task in a minimal amount of time with a large amount of income that far exceeds the market rate for the… …

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