confidentiality agreement

noun

: nondisclosure agreement
The company required that candidates for high-level positions agree to sign a confidentiality agreement before being hired.
In Houston this month, Gibson screened the unfinished film for a group of Catholic, Jewish and Protestant leaders—all of whom signed a confidentiality agreement.Richard Corliss

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Smith's team has accused Trump's attorneys of violating a confidentiality agreement by making portions of their findings public in their filings. Katherine Faulders, ABC News, 8 Jan. 2025 Legal considerations: Check for noncompete clauses or confidentiality agreements that could affect your future employment. Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 1 Jan. 2025 Other parts of the NLRB filing take aim at common practices that reality shows are known to use, finding that Love Is Blind’s confidentiality agreements, non-compete clauses, and pay-or-stay requirements are also unlawful. Li Zhou, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018 Its sole image was a confidentiality agreement between the unidentified artist and museum management. Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 22 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for confidentiality agreement 

Word History

First Known Use

1969, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of confidentiality agreement was in 1969

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“Confidentiality agreement.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/confidentiality%20agreement. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.

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