TRADE SECRET

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does trade secret mean? 

• TRADE SECRET (noun)
  The noun TRADE SECRET has 1 sense:

1. a secret (method or device or formula) that gives a manufacturer an advantage over the competition

  Familiarity information: TRADE SECRET used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRADE SECRET (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A secret (method or device or formula) that gives a manufacturer an advantage over the competition

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("trade secret" is a kind of...):

secret (something that should remain hidden from others (especially information that is not to be passed on))