scheme : Idioms & Phrases
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color scheme
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noun a planned combination of colors
color scheme.
- the color scheme for this room was determined by an interior decorator
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colour scheme
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noun a planned combination of colors
color scheme.
- the color scheme for this room was determined by an interior decorator
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fraudulent scheme
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noun an illegal enterprise (such as extortion or fraud or drug peddling or prostitution) carried on for profit
racket; illegitimate enterprise.
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incentive scheme
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noun a formal scheme for inducing someone (as employees) to do something
incentive program.
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pump-and-dump scheme
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noun an illegal scheme for making money by manipulating stock prices; the schemer persuades other people to buy the stock and then sells it himself as soon as the price of the stock rises
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pyramid scheme
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noun a fraudulent scheme in which people are recruited to make payments to the person who recruited them while expecting to receive payments from the persons they recruit; when the number of new recruits fails to sustain the hierarchical payment structure the scheme collapses with most of the participants losing the money they put in
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scheme arch
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noun an arch whose height is less than half its width
skene arch; diminished arch; skeen arch.