連れん鎖さ販はん売ばい取とり引ひき

noun

multi-level marketing; MLM; network marketing; pyramid selling

Formal term used in legal and business contexts. Often associated with pyramid schemes, though the term itself is neutral. Compare マルチ商法, which is more colloquial and often carries a negative connotation.

See also: マルチ商法

• 連れん鎖さ販はん売ばい取とり引ひきは特とく定てい商しょう取とり引ひき法ほうで規き制せいされている。

  Multi-level marketing is regulated by the Specified Commercial Transactions Act.

• 彼かれは連れん鎖さ販はん売ばい取とり引ひきの仕し組くみを説せつ明めいした。

  He explained the mechanism of multi-level marketing.