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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The Department of Homeland Security rejected that characterization, saying the French researcher possessed confidential information on his phone from New Mexico's Los Alamos National Laboratory, in violation of a nondisclosure agreement. Kim Hjelmgaard, USA Today, 5 Apr. 2025 All employees sign a nondisclosure agreement and can sign your company provides as well. PCMAG, 18 Mar. 2025 The industry downturn has left many excellent wineries with unsold vino that’s finding its way to these labels, as well as creating a growing category of NDA (nondisclosure agreement) wines. Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 7 Jan. 2025 Need a guitar, Bible, gold coins, nondisclosure agreements, top security secrets? Letters To The Editor, Orlando Sentinel, 20 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for nondisclosure agreement

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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 18 Apr. 2025.

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