trade secret

noun [C] /ˈtreɪd ˈsi·krɪt/

Definition

› a piece of information about a product that is known only to the company that makes it: The recipe for their ketchup is a trade secret.

(Definition of trade secret noun from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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