User Contributed Dictionary
Noun
schemes- Plural of scheme
Extensive Definition
Scheme 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 structure
Systematic plans
- Collective investment scheme, many people investing money together, cf. Mutual fund
- URI scheme, the outermost part of internet URIs
- Color scheme, a set of colors chosen to be used together in some media
- Numbering scheme, an agreed-upon method of assigning nominal numbers to entities
- Rhyme scheme, the pattern of rhyming lines in poems and lyrics
- Housing scheme, Scottish way of saying "Housing estate"
Devious plans
- Scam, an attempt to swindle
- Get-rich-quick scheme, a usually flawed or fraudulent scheme for earning money with low risk
- Pyramid scheme, a non-sustainable business model involving the exchange of money primarily for enrolling other people
See also
- Schema (disambiguation)
schemes in Danish: Skema
schemes in German: Schema
schemes in Modern Greek (1453-): Σχήμα
schemes in Korean: 스킴
schemes in Japanese: スキーム