Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. An investment swindle in which high profits are promised from fictitious sources and early investors are paid off with funds raised from later ones.
Wiktionary
- n. A Ponzi scam.
Etymologies
- From Charles Ponzi, who famously conducted a pyramid scheme in North America in the early twentieth century. (Wiktionary)
- After Charles Ponzi (1882?-1949), Italian-born speculator who organized such a scheme (1919-1920). (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
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