trade secretnoun [ C ]
uk/ˌtreɪd ˈsiː.krət/us/ˌtreɪd ˈsiː.krət/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.
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.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Secrecy and privacy
- anonymity
- anonymize
- anonymous
- backroom
- backstage
- counsel
- dissimulate
- dissimulation
- entre nous
- executive privilege
- furtive
- lid
- lip
- private
- privately
- privileged
- sanctum
- secrecy
- skeleton
- sweep
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