trade secret
noun [C]Definition
› a piece of information about a product that is known only to the particular company that makes it: The exact ingredients of Coca-Cola are a trade secret.Secrecy and privacyBusiness and commerce - general words › informal a piece of information that you are not willing to tell anyone: My aunt won't tell anyone her age - she says that it's a trade secret.Secrecy and privacy
(Definition of trade secret noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- anonymity noun
- anonymous adjective
- backroom noun
- backstage adjective, adverb
- be none of sb's business idiom
- covert adjective
- covertly adverb
- coy adjective (SECRET)
- crypto- prefix
- dead men tell no tales idiom
- mum adjective
- my lips are sealed idiom
- off the record idiom
- off-message adverb, adjective
- official secret noun
- top secret adjective
- ulterior adjective
- under the table idiom
- under wraps idiom
- undisclosed adjective
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