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

Examples of nondisclosure agreement in a Sentence

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Hegseth has firmly denied the allegations through his lawyer, Timothy Parlatore, who said Hegseth paid the woman a settlement in 2020 as part of a nondisclosure agreement. Sara Dorn, Forbes, 15 Dec. 2024 But, according to a source aware of the case, the matter was settled with a payment to the staffer, concealed by a nondisclosure agreement. Jane Mayer, The New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2024 The two parties eventually reached a private settlement, after which the accuser signed a nondisclosure agreement. Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 24 Nov. 2024 Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, senators Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and Ron Johnson, R-Wis., expressed concern after whistleblowers revealed that Secret Service employees were required to sign nondisclosure agreements (NDAs). Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 26 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for nondisclosure agreement 

Word History

First Known Use

1959, in the meaning defined above

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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 30 Dec. 2024.

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