trade secret
noun
a secret process, technique, method, etc., used to advantage in a trade, business, profession, etc.
Origin of trade secret
First recorded in 1900–05
Words nearby trade secret
trade plate,
trade rat,
trade reference,
trade route,
trade school,
trade secret,
trade show,
trade union,
trade unionism,
trade unionist,
trade up
Example sentences from the Web for trade secret
A more or less successful imitation of Trappist Tamie, a trade-secret triumph of Savoy.
The Complete Book of Cheese |Robert Carlton Brown
British Dictionary definitions for trade secret
trade secret
noun
a secret formula, technique, process, etc, known and used to advantage by only one manufacturer