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• Trade secret — Trade Secrets redirects here. For other uses, see Trade Secrets (disambiguation). Intellectual property law Primary rights …   Wikipedia

• trade secret —    This term refers to the secrecy of a company s production methods but is often used teasingly.     Can you give me the recipe for your lemon meringue pie? No way that s a trade secret! …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

• trade secret — trade se·cret n: a formula, process, device, or item of information used by a business that has economic value because it is not generally known or easily discovered by observation or examination and for which reasonable efforts to maintain… …   Law dictionary

• trade secret — trade secrets 1) N COUNT A trade secret is information that is known, used, and kept secret by a particular firm, for example about a method of production or a chemical process. The nature of the polymer is currently a trade secret. 2) N COUNT A… …   English dictionary

• trade secret — n 1.) a piece of secret information about a particular business, that is only known by the people who work there ▪ The Coca Cola formula is a well kept trade secret. 2.) informal a piece of information about how to do or make something, that you… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• trade secret — noun count information that is known only by people within a particular company or industry …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• trade secret — noun a secret (method or device or formula) that gives a manufacturer an advantage over the competition • Hypernyms: ↑secret * * * noun, pl ⋯ crets [count] : something (such as a special way of doing or making something) that is known only by the …   Useful english dictionary

• trade secret —    A process, method, plan, formula, pattern, device, idea or other information unique to a manufacturer that gives it a competitive advantage. A business must treat a trade secret in a way that can reasonably be expected to prevent the public or …   Business law dictionary

• Trade Secret — Any practice or process of a company that is generally not known outside of the company. Information considered a trade secret gives the company an economic advantage over its competitors, and is often associated with internal research and… …   Investment dictionary

• trade secret — noun (C) 1 a piece of secret information about a particular business, that is only known by the people who work there: The Coca Cola formula is a well kept trade secret. 2 informal a piece of information about how to do or make something, that… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• trade secret — noun a) A formula, practice, process, design, instrument, pattern, or compilation of information used by a business to obtain an advantage over competitors within the same industry or profession. b) A formula, practice …   Wiktionary