with objectTo sell (agency rights for goods or services) to an increasing number of distributors at successively lower levels; to participate in pyramid selling..
Origin
1970s. From pyramid + sell, after pyramid selling.
Definition of pyramid-sell in US English:
pyramid-sell
verbˈpɪrəmɪdˌsɛl
rare
with objectTo sell (agency rights for goods or services) to an increasing number of distributors at successively lower levels; to participate in pyramid selling..
Origin
1970s. From pyramid + sell, after pyramid selling.