trade secret

1. 1.

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

   Broadersecret

Questions about trade secret

What does trade secret mean?

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

Is trade secret a common word?

trade secret is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.