trade secret

English

Noun

trade secret (plural trade secrets)

1. (business) 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, which kept secret from those competitors or the public.
   • 1988, Roald Dahl, Matilda:

     'I'm telling you trade secrets,' the father said, 'So don't you go talking about this to anyone else. You don't want me put in jug do you?'

Translations

formula, practice, process, design

• Armenian: առևտրային գաղտնիք (hy) (aṙewtrayin gaġtnikʻ)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 商業秘密／商业秘密 (shāngyè mìmì)

• Czech: obchodní tajemství n
• Danish: forretningshemmelighed c
• Finnish: liikesalaisuus (fi)
• French: secret industriel (fr) m
• German: Geschäftsgeheimnis (de) n, Kunstgeheimnis (de) n (not in law)
• Italian: segreto commerciale n, segreto industriale
• Mongolian: худалдааны нууц (xudaldaany nuuc)
• Persian: اسرار تجاری
• Polish: tajemnica przedsiębiorstwa f
• Portuguese: segredo comercial m
• Romanian: secret profesional (ro) n
• Russian: комме́рческая та́йна (ru) f (kommérčeskaja tájna)
• Slovak: obchodné tajomstvo n
• Slovene: poslovna skrivnost f
• Spanish: secreto comercial m
• Swedish: affärshemlighet c, företagshemlighet c, fabrikshemlighet c (somewhat archaic)
• Ukrainian: комерці́йна таємни́ця f (komercíjna tajemnýcja)

See also

• industrial espionage

References

• trade secret on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Directive (EU) 2016/943 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2016 on the protection of undisclosed know-how and business information (trade secrets) against their unlawful acquisition, use and disclosure
• “trade secret”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• rescattered