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insider information

 
 
noun [U] (also inside information)

Definition

WORKPLACE, FINANCE important information about a company or organization that is known only to the employees of the company or organization and not to the public: No one knows what stock prices will do short-term, unless they are acting on illegal insider information.
(Definition of insider information noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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