nondisclosure agreement

noun

: an agreement in which a person (such as an employee) agrees to keep information (such as a trade secret) confidential
… declined to name the victim companies, citing nondisclosure agreements it signed …John Markoff

called also confidentiality agreement, NDA

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Read more Hegseth's defenders argue that his payments to his accuser are no different from President Trump's nondisclosure agreements. Greg Kelly, Newsweek, 12 Jan. 2025 The company does not list prices for its services and has nondisclosure agreements with its private clients. Caroline Petrow-Cohen, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2025 The agency said McMahon should have informed the WWE board about the nondisclosure agreements, which were made on behalf of him and the company. Dan Mangan, CNBC, 10 Jan. 2025 The former Fox anchor’s lawyer Timothy Parlatore said Hegseth had paid the woman a settlement in 2020 as part of a nondisclosure agreement. Siladitya Ray, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for nondisclosure agreement 

Word History

First Known Use

1959, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of nondisclosure agreement was in 1959

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“Nondisclosure agreement.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nondisclosure%20agreement. Accessed 3 Feb. 2025.

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