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trade secret

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trade secret 
1. Lit. a secret way of making or selling a product; a business secret. The exact formula of the soft drink is a trade secret.
2. Fig. any secret method. (Jocular.) A: How do you manage to sell so many of these each month? B: It's a trade secret.
See also: secret, trade


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He merely kept his trade secret, because he had to keep his tricks secret, like any other conjurer.
I believe I undertook amongst other things not to disclose any trade secrets.
 
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