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Noun: Chinese wall
  1. (business, finance) an information barrier implemented within an organization to prevent conflicts of interest and insider trading, especially in financial institutions
    "The investment bank maintained a strict Chinese wall between its trading and advisory divisions"
Noun: Chinese Wall
  1. Ancient fortification spanning thousands of miles across northern China, begun in the 3rd century BC
    - Great Wall, Great Wall of China

Derived forms: Chinese walls, Chinese Walls

Type of: bulwark, rampart, wall

Part of: Cathay [archaic], China, Communist China, mainland China, People's Republic of China, PRC, Red China [informal]

Encyclopedia: Chinese wall

Chinese Wall