NDA

abbreviation or noun

plural NDAs
: an agreement in which a person (such as an employee) agrees to keep information (such as a trade secret) confidential : nondisclosure agreement
Though there is always some appeal to using a mutual form of NDA, I really shy away from the mutual form if I'm not planning to receive confidential information from the other side.Richard Harroch

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Before that could happen, he was asked to sign another NDA. Jay Glennie, Rolling Stone, 28 Oct. 2025 If Kafka were alive today, he wouldn’t be unpublished—he’d be under NDA. Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2025 Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner’s former political director said his campaign offered her $15,000 to sign a nondisclosure agreement (NDA) prior to her exit from the campaign, Politico reported. Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025 The space is essential and assertive, a modernist home conceived by NDA Noël Dominguez Architecte, a firm that specializes in the dynamic renovations of existing homes. Amir Capogrossi Badreddine, Architectural Digest, 21 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for NDA

Word History

First Known Use

1996, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of NDA was in 1996

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“NDA.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/NDA. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.

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