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

Recent Examples on the Web

Using strict nondisclosure agreements, Amazon required Neal, who effectively led negotiations with the tech giant, and his colleagues, to refer publicly to the Silicon Valley giant as VAData, a holding company. —Sean Patrick Cooper, Rolling Stone, 24 Nov. 2025

Multiple sources noted that the bidding process required participants to sign nondisclosure agreements, as is commonplace. —Todd Spangler, Variety, 21 Nov. 2025

Fewer than one-third track water usage, and, often, data centers sign nondisclosure agreements with local governments on water use. —Anna Kleiber, jsonline.com, 13 Nov. 2025

The White House has required at least some of the construction workers tasked with demolishing the East Wing to sign nondisclosure agreements barring them from discussing their work, according to sources familiar with the project. —Dr. Mark Abdelmalek, ABC News, 30 Oct. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1959, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for nondisclosure agreement

• disagreement