trade secret

English

Noun

trade secret (plural trade secrets)

1. (business) A type of intellectual property comprising confidential business information that provides a company with a competitive edge.
   • 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

confidential business information

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) Indonesian: rahasia dagang Irish: rún ceirde m Italian: segreto commerciale n, segreto industriale Malay: rahsia perniagaan 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