A closely-held corporation.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

Small, closely-held banks, are they going to get money?.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 12, 2008] Reference

Details of this meeting have been a closely-held secret.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 25, 2006] Reference

Veolia is a closely-held unit of Veolia Transport, based in Paris.    From Wordnik.com.  [Engineer Failed to Heed Signal] Reference

Somebody just leaked material that comes from a closely-held source.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Sum of all Fears]

Are you open to a new idea, or to overturning a closely-held belief?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Marketing] Reference

Honesty here is a tactical maneuver used to advance a closely-held plan.    From Wordnik.com.  [Michael Likosky: Can Politicians Be Honest?] Reference

But neither firm has pursued it with the vigor or commitment of smaller, closely-held entrants.    From Wordnik.com.  [XCOR Aerospace Seeks Curacao Spaceport] Reference

DeviceAnywhere is a service of Mobile Complete, a closely-held company based in San Mateo, Calif.    From Wordnik.com.  [RIM Offers Testing for Phone Software] Reference

These are matters of very closely-held intelligence reports that the U.S. has been trying to verify.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Aug 13, 2008] Reference

Many of the Americans subject to the death tax are owners of closely-held (family-owned) businesses.    From Wordnik.com.  [Death Tax Hits Upper-Middle Class, Not the Very Rich] Reference

Fresh fruit and vegetable vending machines are only a tiny fraction of sales at closely-held Wittern.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Great Banana Challenge] Reference

The usually closely-held information was organized alphabetically by municipality for easy reference.    From Wordnik.com.  [How Much Do You Make? The Nation Already Knows - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com] Reference

Dear Mr. "It's my company I can do whatever I like" President of a closely-held, family-owned company.    From Wordnik.com.  [Francine McKenna: Sarbanes-Oxley for Everyone: To Be or Not To Be?] Reference

STARR: Well, that's a very closely-held intelligence secret at the moment, because it's quite interesting.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jun 20, 2003] Reference

Imagine if PCR had remained a closely-held secret, or even a technique forbidden to be revealed to non-Ph.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pollack and Schrag at the NAS Panel « Climate Audit] Reference

For now, China would be well advised to stick to closely-held company acquisitions and to straight lending.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ken Miller: Coping with China's Financial Power] Reference

I guess betraying the most closely-held secrets of Our Leader's War against The People isn't enough for them.    From Wordnik.com.  [Targeting the Heartland] Reference

The closely-held company posted a net loss of €82 million in 2009 after a net profit of €142 million in 2008.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bertelsmann Swings to Loss] Reference

Knowledge of the "erasures" was a closely-held secret at that time; only a few in-the-loop players were aware of them.    From Wordnik.com.  [David Corn: All the President's Dummies] Reference

A public listing for Glencore would be a major shift in strategy and structure for the closely-held commodities group.    From Wordnik.com.  [Glencore Mulling IPO, but Deal Not Imminent] Reference

Those controversial CIA flights to capture and question top terror suspects in Europe were apparently not a closely-held secret.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 29, 2006] Reference

Chad Mirkin founded Nanosphere Inc., in which he owns a small stake, and closely-held NanoInk Inc., where he is also a shareholder.    From Wordnik.com.  [Inventor to Receive MIT Prize] Reference

Founded in 1909 by Peter Christiään Richard, this New York area appliance and consumer electronics retailer is still closely-held.    From Wordnik.com.  [NewcomersAmerica's Largest Private Companies: Newcomers] Reference

The closely-held company said the mandatory inspections are simple, 10-minute checks that can be accomplished by any certified pilot.    From Wordnik.com.  [Eclipse Says Its Jets Haven't Been Grounded] Reference

And we can logically surmise that the government keeps us on a "need to know" basis under the rubric of a closely-held "national security" ethos.    From Wordnik.com.  [Black Gold -- the Lifeblood of War] Reference

Now, exact numbers are closely-held secrets, but we asked the Federation of American Scientists and a group called GlobalSecurity. org for estimates.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Apr 6, 2009] Reference

Craigslist officials said its moves were aimed at bolstering the closely-held company's antitakeover defenses and stopping eBay's misuse of its confidential information.    From Wordnik.com.  [EBay Wins Suit Over Craigslist 'Pill'] Reference

One of the savviest of the bunch, closely-held Minneapolis commodity processing giant Cargill Inc., already owns a controlling stake in Potash's biggest North American rival.    From Wordnik.com.  [Potash Explores Other Bidders] Reference

Just one good idea becomes a golden nugget for a closely-held, mid-size business.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

"Good-night;" and her mother's voice sounded strangely, coming from behind the closely-held hand.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tip Lewis and His Lamp] Reference

This territory covers how to correct closely-held association issues inspiring your company's performance.    From Wordnik.com.  [We Blog A Lot] Reference

Business advisers and coaches helping closely-held, family owned businesses as well as small business owners prosper.    From Wordnik.com.  [RVABlogs] Reference

BILL HEMMER, CNN ANCHOR: Straight away to North Carolina, where Jeanne Meserve is watching that closely-held Senate race.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 5, 2002] Reference

Hack a Day - security consultant Christopher Tarnovsky has worked out a way to convince the TPM chip to give up its closely-held secrets.    From Wordnik.com.  [bit-tech.net Feed] Reference