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A scheme is a systematic plan for the implementation of a certain idea.

Scheme or schemer may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

  • The Scheme (TV series), a BBC Scotland documentary series
  • The Scheme (band), an English pop band
  • The Scheme, an action role-playing video game for the PC-8801, made by Quest Corporation
  • Schemer (comics), Richard Fisk, a Marvel Comics villain turned antihero
  • Horace Schemer, a fictional character in the TV series Shining Time Station
  • Schemee, a fictional child character and Schemer's nephew in the TV Series Shining Time Station
  • Schemers (film), a Scottish film

Other uses

  • Classification scheme, eg a thesaurus, a taxonomy, a data model, or an ontology
  • Scheme (programming language), a minimalist dialect of Lisp
  • Scheme (mathematics), a concept in algebraic geometry
  • Scheme (linguistics), a figure of speech that changes a sentence's structure
  • Scam, an attempt to swindle or cheat people through deception
    • Get-rich-quick scheme, a plan to obtain high rates of return for a small investment
    • Matrix scheme, or ladder scheme, a business model involving the exchange of money for a certain product with a side bonus of being added to a waiting list for a product of greater value than the amount given
    • Ponzi scheme, a scam paying investors returns from their own or others' money (rather than from profits)
    • Pyramid scheme, a non-sustainable business model involving payments primarily for enrolling other people
  • Google Schemer, a former service allowing its users to share plans and interests
  • Scheme, a type of government program in India

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