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trade secret

any device, method, formula, etc. known to the manufacturer who uses it but not to competitors

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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