nondisclosure agreement

[non-dis-kloh-zher uh-gree-muhnt, non-dis-kloh-zher]

noun

1. a legal contract in which one or more parties agree to keep information, as a trade secret, confidential and protected for a specific amount of time. NDA

Word History and Origins

Origin of nondisclosure agreement¹

First recorded in 1965–70

Example Sentences

In doing so, though, the investors are expected to keep the companies’ identities confidential—by signing nondisclosure agreements—until they announce their new strategy.

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Throughout the years, reality TV has tried to protect itself from real-life lawyers with nondisclosure agreements and provisions requiring disputes be taken to arbitration.

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Following the roundtable, Takano and Sherman said they are working on legislation that would increase transparency, prohibit nondisclosure agreements and address the issues raised by veterans.

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All members of the working group have signed a nondisclosure agreement.

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They were also asked to sign nondisclosure agreements which would later make it difficult to hold Charney accountable for alleged misconduct.

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