Definitions
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- noun idiomatic , (jargon) A barrier of
silence andsecrecy established within an organization in order to cope withconfidentiality requirements.
Etymologies
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Examples
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If so, it raises new questions about CSFB's ability to maintain the Chinese Wall, as it is known on Wall Street, between its analysts and its investment bankers.
CSFB's Laura Martin Made a Controversial Call-And a Few Weeks Later Was Fired: Banned by Boston 2001
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Maintaining that Chinese Wall is considered key to keeping investors 'trust.
CSFB's Laura Martin Made a Controversial Call-And a Few Weeks Later Was Fired: Banned by Boston 2001
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Confronted with such a piece of expression, with such a modern standard, the new generation could not but respond with all its forces, and throng out of the aperture made in the Chinese Wall.
Musical Portraits Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers Paul Rosenfeld 1918
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This came to me first with a poignant thrill when I found myself in the presence of the Chinese Wall.
Child and Country A Book of the Younger Generation Will Levington Comfort 1905
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I feel as new as a tourist before Niagara or Montmorency, but as old as Paul and Silas in the presence of the Chinese Wall.
Child and Country A Book of the Younger Generation Will Levington Comfort 1905
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